Noma
Feature Screenplay, 93 pages
Drama, Fantasy
Written by Fran Hajat
| Score: 46.76 |
| 6 Reviews |
| Score: 46.76 6 Reviews |
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| Score: 46.76 |
| 6 Reviews |
| Score: 46.76 6 Reviews |
After being brutally raped and thrown into the river for dead, a fiercely independent orphan girl is rescued by Mama Wata, a river mermaid and told she can live, but only once she completes a blood pact; she must name a person and kill them, a pact she readily accepts, only to discover that killing is harder than she envisioned.
Character DrivenComing of AgeEthnic ThemeFairy TaleMythicalReligious ThemeTime Period: PresentStory Location: AfricaSpecial Effects: Minimal SFXTarget Audience: Adult
Set in a fictional city of Kinrare, this is a magic realist adaptation of Emile Zola's Nana, with some little mermaid elements chucked in. After being brutally raped and thrown into the river for dead, a fiercely independent orphan girl is rescued by Mama Wata, a river mermaid and told she can live, but only once she completes a blood pact; she must named a person and kill them, a pact she readily accepts, only to discover that killing is harder than she envisioned.
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