THE TASTE OF MANGO, Chloe Abrahams’ debut feature, is an enveloping, hypnotic, urgently personal meditation on family, memory, identity, violence, and love. At its centre are three extraordinary women: the director’s mother, Rozana; her grandmother, Jean; and the director herself. Their stories, by turns difficult and jubilant, testify to the entangled and ever-changing nature of inheritance and the ways in which we both hurt and protect the ones we love.

Drawing on her experience as a portrait painter and video artist, Chloe employs a singular and assured cinematic language. Incorporating raw camcorder footage, she toggles toward metaphor, dwelling suggestively on textures, and pushing close-ups further than technology or physical autonomy can bear.

DIRECTOR/EDITOR: Chloe Abrahams

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Diane Quon, Kellen Quinn

PRODUCERS: Chloe Abrahams, Elliott Whitton

EDITORS: Stella Heath Keir, Isidore Bethel

COMPOSER: Suren Seneviratne

SOUND DESIGN AND RE-RECORDING MIXER: Eli Cohn

LENGTH: 75 min

LANGUAGES: English

COUNTRY: UK, Sri Lanka

GENRE: Documentary

ACCOLADES / FESTIVALS

2023 True/False Film Festival
2023 First Look Film Festival

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