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- Cineuropa spoke to Zeresenay Berhane Mehari about various aspects of Sweetness in the Belly, his adaptation of the Camilla Gibb book

Zeresenay Berhane Mehari is an Ethiopian-born filmmaker, whose first feature, Difret, about forced marriages, won audience awards at Sundance and Berlin. His sophomore film, Sweetness in the Belly [+see also:
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Cineuropa: When did you first hear about the book?
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari: I actually heard about the script first. I was at the Berlin Film Festival with D Zeresenay Mehari | Biography, Movies & News | Fandango!