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  Review by Blitzsche ★★★ 1

  Guter Ansatz: wir schauen uns die eritreische Diaspora in Zürich an. Eine alleinerziehende, schweigsame, prüde Mutter, eine ziemlich folgsame Tochter, die ein bitzli pubertiert. Nebencharaktere, u.a. anderem zeigt Teddy Teclebrhan einmal mehr, dass lustige Komiker meist gute Schauspieler sein können. Die anderen Schauspielerleistungen sind mässig, das Drehbuch auch eher 0815, Kamera, Schnitt ebenso. Alles okay. Aber es bleibt das undankbare Prädikat: «Für einen Schweizer Film ganz gut».

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  Review by oneofthebadkids ★★★

  Nice to see one of Switzerland’s biggest foreign community represented on screen!

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  Review by High On Films

  Swiss filmmaker & Editor Caterina Mona’s feature-film directorial debut, Semret (2022) revolves around a traumatized immigrant single-mother and her teenage daughter. British Eritrean actor, poet, songwriter, and presenter Lula Mebrahtu gives a brilliant understated performance in the titular role. Lula has hosted music festivals and a series of BBC documentaries. I first came to know about her through a powerful live performance and speech in a TEDx event. Titled, ‘The Journey of a Digital Migrant’, Lula uses technology, music and songs to inventively chronicle the painful journey of migration. So first of all it’s fascinating to see such an inspiring and vivacious personality, gracefully slipping into the character of Semret Dawit.

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  Review by Afro Baltic ★★½

  Семрет надо к качественному специалисту сходить

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  Review by Anek Speranza ★★★½

  I'd really love if all the people who can easily live where they were born would watch this.

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  Review by bogdaan ★★

  A bit booooring.

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  Review by giomosby ★★

  Des jolis cadres pour des scènes souvent trop longues. Ça ne joue pas toujours très bien, mais je crois que mon vrai problème c’est que je déteste les personnages qui n’arrivent pas à dire qu’ils ne vont pas bien. Le film aurait peut-être été plus intéressant du point de vue de la fille de Semret.

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  Review by cava1312 ★★★★

  Einblick in eritreische welt in zuerich, +/- alles gefilmt in k3, erstmals eritreische frau in hauptrolle

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  Review by laurita ★★★

  semret‘s actress carried

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  Review by Leo ★★★

  An interesting topic and a competent movie. The quality of the acting was just very inconsistent. 
  Otherwise it shows a insight on the life of a single mom who fled from eritrea to switzerland and is struggeling with her past, her identity, her daughter growing up, her PTSD and her national identity.
  A good movie, but nothing exceptional.
  It was interesting seeing Tedros Teclebrhan in a serious role. He was great in this movie. Also Lula Mebrahtu, the main woman, was very good in this.