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
Featured Community Partner: Indie Meme
