Something Necessary
6.9
“Forgive. But never forget.”
SOMETHING NECESSARY is an intimate moment in the lives of Anne and Joseph. A woman struggling to rebuild her life after the civil unrest that swept Kenya after the 2007 elections claiming the life of her husband, the health of her son and leaving her home on an isolated farm in the Kenyan countryside in ruins, she now has nothing but her resolve to rebuild her life left. A young man, troubled gang member who participated in the countrywide violence is drawn to Anne and her farm seemingly in search of redemption. Both, Joseph and Anne need something that only the other can give to allow them to shed the painful memories of their past and move on.
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Cast
22 people
Sue Wanjiru
Anne (as Susan Wanjiru)
Also in
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Qdamah Kipchumba
Joseph (as Walter Kipchumba Lagat)
Mungai Kiroga
Judy Kibinge
Roshanak Khodabakhsh
Also in
Sophia, Death and Me
David Kiprotich Mutai
Lesit
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Sarika Hemi Lakhani
Jc Niala
Anne Kimani
Gathoni
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Tom Tykwer
Carolyne Chebiwott Kibet
Jerono
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Ginger Wilson
Judy Kibinge Director
United States release October 1, 2013 · Produced in Germany, Kenya · Languages English, Swahili
Production
Ginger Ink Films
Production
One Fine Day Films
Production
Germany · Kenya
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Swahili
Release dates
Kenya · January 1, 2013
Germany · March 3, 2013
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 2013
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
Belgium
March 3, 2013 · Limited theatrical
Brazil
October 1, 2013 · Mostra - São Paulo International Film Festival
Canada
March 3, 2013 · Limited theatrical
Chile
March 25, 2015 · FEMCINE, Festival Cine de Mujeres
Ethiopia
March 1, 2013 · Colours of the Nile
Italy
November 1, 2013 · Festival Cinema Africano Verona
Netherlands
March 3, 2013 · Limited theatrical
Norway
March 3, 2013 · Limited theatrical
Panama
April 1, 2014 · International Film Festival in Panama
South Africa
July 1, 2013 · Durban International Film Festival
Spain
October 1, 2013 · Festival de Cine Africano de Cordoba
Sweden
March 3, 2013 · Limited theatrical
Switzerland
August 15, 2014 · Digital
Zambia
August 1, 2013 · Shungu Namutitima International Film Festival
Zimbabwe
August 1, 2014 · International Images Film Festival for Women
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