Upset over having to move to a new neighborhood, a teenage girl develops bulimia as a way to cope with her problems.
Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.
The human experience is described through the eyes of a marginalized outsider, neither judgmental nor invested, just an observant donkey.
I was able to sit down and talk with the director of the short film Dog Lover Anne-Sophie Bine as she discussed and how she came to be in film.
Slip on your favorite dungarees and spend the day on the east coast of New Zealand before the 90s.
