Something Necessary 2013
6.9 / 10
Something Necessary
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.
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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Sue Wanjiru... Anne (as Susan Wanjiru)
... Joseph (as Walter Kipchumba Lagat)
... Lesit
AK
Anne Kimani... Gathoni
... Jerono
... Kitur
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Release Date:
Mar 03, 2013 (Germany,Kenya)
Run Time:
1hr 25`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
Germany,Kenya
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Something Necessary
Directors & Credit Writers
JK
Judy Kibinge... Director
Cast
SW
Sue Wanjiru... Anne (as Susan Wanjiru)
... Joseph (as Walter Kipchumba Lagat)
... Lesit
AK
Anne Kimani... Gathoni
... Jerono
... Kitur
CN
Chomba Njeru... Karogo
... Chebet
... Chepsoi
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... Producer
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Something Necessary
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