Pili (2018)

5.6/10 83 min Drama

Overview

Pili lives in rural Tanzania, working the fields for less than $1 a day to feed her two children and struggling to manage her HIV-positive status in secret. When she is offered the chance to rent a sought-after market-stall, Pili is desperate to have it. But with only two days to get the deposit together, Pili is forced to make increasingly difficult decisions with ever-deepening consequences. How much will she risk to change her life?

Cast

Bello Rashid

Pili

Nkwabi Elias Ng'angasamala

Mahera

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