An old man, fated to collect souls for eternity, seeks atonement after trading his daughter's soul.
Acting
Tshamano Sebe's Lazarus: terrifying grief made flesh.
Cinematography
South African landscapes as beautiful, hungry antagonist.
Sound
Silence that screams. You'll hear creaks in your own house.
Director
Harold Hölscher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film draws heavily from Tsonga and Venda mythology, specifically the tikoloshe—small, malevolent spirits often invoked in South African political discourse as metaphor for unseen systemic evil.
Director Harold Hölscher shot the rural farm scenes on his own family's ancestral land; several 'extras' are actual relatives who'd heard these stories since childhood.
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