“If you have
to tell a story, tell it from the heart,” these are the first words that hit
your face whenever a Dilman Dila movie is starting and if I have to judge by
the ones I’ve seen so far, he indeed tells his stories from a place deeper than
the heart.
Dilman is a
Ugandan film maker and a social activist who believes that stories are an
important tool in creating a better world.
On Tuesday
21st, Dilman with the support Goethe Zentrum organized a viewing
event for his feature film Felista’s
Fable at the head offices in Nakasero.
According to
Dilman, the film was originally meant to be an action packed thriller though
after the script was done, the other producers felt it would come out better as
a romantic comedy.
The film
rotates around Felista (Veronica Namanda), a woman that has been cursed. She stinks that no one can stand to stay near her. This causes
her to separate from her family and live as a lonely outcast in an abandoned
house.
But one day, a witchdoctor, Kuku
(Michael Wawuyo), finds a solution. A cry-baby man can inherit the smell from
her. Felistas is hesitant to grab the opportunity, because she does not want
another person to live through the pain that she has, but she longs to reunite
with her husband and child. So she kidnaps such a man, Dan (Isaac Kadzu), who
is a 35 year old virgin that still stays with his mother (Joanita Bewulira
Wandera) and desperate to get married.
However, Dan recently got a job that makes him very rich. This
attracts the attention of Kate (Tibba Murungi), a gold-digging woman who he has
wooed for a long time, and that of a corrupt cop, Jomba (Gerald Rutaro), who
frames him for murder in an extortion scheme. As Felistas races against time to
deliver Dan to the witch and win back her husband’s love, it turns into a
high-energy chase with a voluptuous Kate and a trigger-happy Jomba hot on her
tail.
Dilman makes strong points in his movie especially with his
pro-traditionists stance, in a very long time, this is the first African movie
you will see where African magic was used for something good – saving a
marriage.
The picture quality passes many of the standards like framing,
lighting, costume, makeup and location plus, Dilman does extremely well on all
the close up shots.
It’s no surprise the film’s makeup artiste Michael Wawuyo has been
nominated for this year’s Africa Magic
Viewers’ Choice awards (AMVCA).
The movie alongside other Dilman films like What happened in Room 13, How
will I get a Drink, Untouchable Love,
among others has been screened on Festivals like Portobello Film Festival in
UK, Goteborg International Film Festival in Sweden.
The movie is one of those lined up to screen on Africa Magic this
year.
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