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Sweetness in the Belly is a 2019 drama film directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, based on the novel of the same name by Camilla Gibb. It had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
May 8, 2020 · A drama film based on a novel by Camilla Gibb, about an English girl who befriends an Ethiopian refugee in London. The film explores themes of family, identity, and Islam, and features Dakota Fanning and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
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- Zeresenay Mehari
- 2020-05-08
Mar 29, 2005 · 9,316 ratings736 reviews. Like Brick Lane and The Kite Runner, Camilla Gibb's widely praised new novel is a poignant and intensely atmospheric look beyond the stereotypes of Islam. After her hippie British parents are murdered, Lilly is raised at a Sufi shrine in Morocco.
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- Camilla Gibb
A movie about an orphan who helps refugees in London, starring Dakota Fanning and Abdul-Mateen II. See the ratings, trailers, and watch options for Sweetness in the Belly on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Dakota Fanning
- Zeresenay Mehari
- Drama
A novel about a white Muslim nurse in Thatcher's London and her love for an Ethiopian doctor. The book explores the political and cultural upheavals in Ethiopia and the UK through the eyes of Lilly, a woman searching for her place and her lover.
Lily, a white Muslim orphan, grows up in Morocco and Ethiopia and falls in love with a revolutionary doctor. The novel explores her identity, faith and exile in the backdrop of the Ethiopian revolution.
Mar 27, 2007 · Paperback – March 27, 2007. by Camilla Gibb (Author) 4.2 393 ratings. See all formats and editions. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Dakota Fanning. Like Brick Lane and The Kite Runner, Camilla Gibb’s widely praised new novel is a poignant and intensely atmospheric look beyond the stereotypes of Islam.
- Camilla Gibb
