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Two mothers lose their sons to malaria.Two mothers lose their sons to malaria.Two mothers lose their sons to malaria.
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Zethu Dlomo-Mphahlele
- Patience
- (as Zethu Dlomo)
Bea Miller
- Funeral Singer
- (as Beatrice Miller)
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This film was truly inspiring. It really changed my view on malaria, and really put into perspective how my life differs to others. Poor children are dying because of this horrible disease, and this film captures the awareness brilliantly. We are truly lucky to have live the lives we live, and this film proves that. I now put myself in others shoes before I react upon occurrences in my own life. Also, it meant a lot to me, because my mum knows "Ben's" mum, in real life. So having the thought in the back of my mind, that this story is true, really strengthens the realism. Yes, it makes it more sad, but all the more inspiring. The film is so well put together, and really thumps you with a whirlwind of emotion and sympathy. A very sad, but brilliant film. A must watch.
- joelthorpe1
- Mar 5, 2013
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- TriviaThe character of Martha is based on Jo Yirrell, a British woman who became a special ambassador for Malaria No More UK after her 20-year-old son Harry died of malaria in 2005 while volunteering in Ghana. The character of Mary is fictional.
- GoofsIn the local restaurant scene, the waitress speaks Spanish while serving Mary and her son, but Mozambique's official language is Portuguese.
- Quotes
Mary's Father: Well, you can't deny it's an interesting area.
Mary: It's an interesting area?
Mary's Father: Yeah, I've been looking into it. Did you know that if you take every single person killed in a terrorist attack around the world in the last 20 years, and you add to that every life lost in the Middle East since 1967, the 6-Day War, and you add to this every single American life lost in Vietnam and Korea, and every single American engagement since then--Iraq, Afghanistan, if you take all those lives, and you multiply it by two? That's the number of children who died of malaria every single year.
- Crazy creditsMentioned in the End Credits: "Produced with the assistance of the Department of Trade and Industry South Africa, who does not accept any liability for the content and does not necessarily support such content."
- ConnectionsFeatures Billy Elliot (2000)
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