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Soul Boy

Name: Soul Boy
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010
Duration: 61 min

2010 · 61 min · Drama

A fourteen-year-old boy in a Nairobi slum sets out to recover his ailing father's soul, which the man claims to have gambled away to a spirit, undertaking a series of trials across the sprawling settlement. A magical-realist coming-of-age tale.

Runtime: 61 min
Genre: Drama
Mood: thoughtful · dreamlike
Entry: easy entry
Best for: first visit · shorter watch

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Kenya

This film is stop 3 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Kenya. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Kenya in the 196 country film challenge.