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21st Century Cinema

Behemoth: or the Game of God

12m

Directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese • 2016 • Lesotho, Germany
Starring Tseko Monaheng

A preacher walks the streets of Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, dragging a mysterious coffin whose contents elicit unexpected—and unscripted—reactions from passersby.

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