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Beles

SuperGebar · Eritrea · Comedy / Drama / Family · 6 min · 59K views

Directed by Gebar · Starring Aginy Teklu, Zerue Haile, Teddy Desbelle, Merhawi Habtay · 2017

Based on a true story: an Eritrean boy and his friends wake up every morning to gather beles, a prized cactus fruit, from the mountains around their village.

A warm, rare glimpse of childhood in rural Eritrea, told with a light comic touch.

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