Project Detail

The Taste of Mango

Synopsis

A mother’s dream and a daughter’s beckoning - a love letter flowing through time, tenderly untangling knots in a family's unspoken past. Searching for answers that her mother and grandmother often brush aside, Chloe traces the reaches and limits of familial love.
Official Selection True/False Film Festival 2023 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Documentary Competition
Winner BFI London Film Festival 2023 Audience Award for Best Documentary

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Features
Running time: 75 min
Director: Chloe Abrahams 1st Feature
Producer: Chloe Abrahams, Elliott Whitton
Executive Producer: Diane Quon, Kellen Quinn, Martha Gregory, Hannah Bush Bailey, Robina Riccitiello, Bill Way
Editor: Chloe Abrahams, Stella Heath Keir, Isidore Bethel
Screenwriter: Chloe Abrahams
Director of Photography: Chloe Abrahams
Sound: Eli Cohn
Composer: Suren Seneviratne

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US co-production

A Cardamom Films (UK), Fit Via Vi (US) production supported by BFI Doc Society Fund

Cardamom Films Ltd.

37 Redway Dive
Twickenham
TW2 7NT

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