Carpe Dealer: Gitonga’s Debut Lands Distinction of Kenya’s First Oscar Submission
Director David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga, mentee of Tom Tykwer, (whose One Fine Day Film workshop financed this project), will forever have the distinction of directing Kenya’s first official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film with his debut, Nairobi Half Life. While the film is far from perfect, despite the lofty honor already bestowed upon its reputation, the production value of the film is definitely superb and Gitonga lucked out with his casting of largely unprofessional actors, gleaning some notable performances from his crew. While the film doesn’t manage to stray very far from predictability, Gitonga still manages to build a compelling empathy for his protagonist, a young man doing his best to live his dreams in a city that seems designed only to kill them.
Mwas (Joseph Wairimu) is a young man...
Director David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga, mentee of Tom Tykwer, (whose One Fine Day Film workshop financed this project), will forever have the distinction of directing Kenya’s first official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film with his debut, Nairobi Half Life. While the film is far from perfect, despite the lofty honor already bestowed upon its reputation, the production value of the film is definitely superb and Gitonga lucked out with his casting of largely unprofessional actors, gleaning some notable performances from his crew. While the film doesn’t manage to stray very far from predictability, Gitonga still manages to build a compelling empathy for his protagonist, a young man doing his best to live his dreams in a city that seems designed only to kill them.
Mwas (Joseph Wairimu) is a young man...
- 11/5/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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