''Crumbs'' is a 2015 Ethiopian
post-apocalyptic
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science fiction
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romance film
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. It is the first feature film from Spanish-born director
Miguel Llansó
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Places
* Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
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Filmed around
Dallol, Ethiopia
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on a budget of $225,000, ''Crumbs'' "takes an exotic and sometimes surreal approach to what's essentially a simple, touching love story". It premiered at the
Rotterdam International Film Festival
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, as well as the Nightfall Jury Mention at the 2015
Los Angeles Film Festival
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and the Award for Best First Feature Film at the 2015
Fantasia International Film Festival
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Synopsis
In a dazzlingly imaginative vision of a postapocalyptic Ethiopia, a hapless scavenger embarks on a surreal adventure involving a mysterious UFO, witches, Santa Claus, Nazi knights, and more. Conjuring a loop-the-loop universe from the detritus of late-twentieth-century pop culture (from Michael Jordan to Ninja Turtles), this psychedelic fantasia surprises and charms as it spins off its own giddy axis.
See also
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List of Afrofuturist films
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2015 films
Films shot in Ethiopia
Films set in Ethiopia
Post-apocalyptic films
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