AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL NEW ZEALAND

Synopsis

Megnot means ‘two hearts’ in Amharic, and this delightful Rom-com which premiered in New York this year gives us a passionate, spirited young student who must negotiate in her own heart between the two men she loves, as they are put through an Ethiopian-style lovers’ test which takes us from Addis Ababa to the beautiful mountains of her home village. It is she who will decide, guided nevertheless by her clever grandfather. In her search, will she embrace the traditional values of Ethiopian culture or the modern individualism of the big city, and which man will give her most happiness?