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Pili

How much would you risk to change your life?

5.5(8)20181h 23m1

Pili lives in rural Tanzania, working the fields for less than $1 a day to feed her two children and struggling to manage her HIV-positive status in secret. When she is offered the chance to rent a sought-after market-stall, Pili is desperate to have it. But with only two days to get the deposit together, Pili is forced to make increasingly difficult decisions with ever-deepening consequences. How much will she risk to change her life?

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Released
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Language
Swahili

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United Kingdom, Tanzania

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereGlobal Health Film Festival8 Dec 2017
    • PremiereEast End Film Festival13 Apr 2018
    • Theatrical12 Oct 2018
    • Theatrical12A26 Nov 2018
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereDinard Film Festival27 Sept 2017
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT1212 Oct 2018

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Pili was released on 12 October 2018.

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    CinemaSerf

    5/12/2024

    6/10

    Bello Rashid is the eponymous lady who sees an opportunity to take over the local kiosk in her small Tanzanian town. Thing is - she has HIV, no money and two young children whom she is desperate to see educated and cared for. Going into business for herself could be the best way to achieve that, and so she approaches the local co-op for a loan whilst she tries to persuade "Mahera" (Nkwabi Elias Ng'angasmala) who owns…

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