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"Pierce through the samosa"

2025

0h 44m

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Overview

Joseph Shema, an orphan with a traumatic past attempts to make up for his horrible childhood by adopting a child to offer them the love he never got. But everything turns upsidedown when he gets stuck in a dream and has to find a way out before he gets lost in it forver.

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Ghislain Iradukunda

Ghislain Iradukunda

Joseph Shema

Justina Kathambi

Joseph's Mother

Kabano David

Adoption Agent

Jessica La Noire

Narrator

Phoebe Uwajeneza

Student

Innocent Nsengiyera

Lecturer

Ishimwe Christian

Waiter

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Directed by: Ghislain Iradukunda
Written by: Ghislain Iradukunda

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