Rendező:
Justin ChadwickForgatókönyvíró:
Ann PeacockOperatőr:
Rob HardyZeneszerző:
Alex HeffesSzereplők:
Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Nick Reding, Vusi Kunene, Gilbert K. Lukalia, Mumbi Kaigwa, Melvin Alusa, Oliver Litondo, Kamau NdunguTartalmak(1)
In a small, remote mountain top primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge (Litondo), an old Mau Mau veteran in his eighties, who is desperate to learn to read at this late stage of his life. He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance of an education so long denied-even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside six-year-olds. Moved by his passionate plea, head teacher Jane Obinchu (Harris) supports his struggle to gain admission and together they face fierce opposition from parents and officials who don't want to waste a precious school place on such an old man. Full of vitality and humor, the film explores the remarkable relationships Maruge builds with his classmates some eighty years his junior. Through Maruge's journey, we are taken back to the shocking untold story of British colonial rule 50 years earlier where Maruge fought for the freedom of his country, eventually ending up in the extreme and harsh conditions of the British detention camps. (forgalmazó hivatalos szövege)
(több)Szereplők:
Naomie Harris
Egyesült Királyság
Legjobb filmek:
Frankenstein (2011) (színházi felvétel)
007 - Skyfall (2012)
Poppy Shakespeare (2008) (Tévéfilm)
Tony Kgoroge
Legjobb filmek:
Hotel Ruanda (2004)
Fegyvernepper (2005)
Véres gyémánt (2006)
Nick Reding
Egyesült Királyság
Legjobb filmek:
Véres gyémánt (2006)
Croupier (1998)
Az elszánt diplomata (2005)
Vusi Kunene
Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
Legjobb filmek:
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
The First Grader (2010)
The Bang Bang Club (2010)
Gilbert K. Lukalia
Legjobb filmek:
The First Grader (2010)
Soul Boy (2010)
Kidnappet (2010)
Mumbi Kaigwa
Legjobb filmek:
Az elszánt diplomata (2005)
The First Grader (2010)
Die Patriarchin (2005) (Tévéfilm)
Melvin Alusa
Legjobb filmek:
A fiú, aki befogta a szelet (2019)
The First Grader (2010)
Oliver Litondo
Kenya
Legjobb filmek:
The First Grader (2010)
The Lion of Africa (1987) (Tévéfilm)
Sheena, a dzsungel királynője (1984)
Kamau Ndungu
Legjobb filmek:
Sense8 (2015) (sorozat)
The First Grader (2010)
Nairobi Half Life (2012)