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FEVERS (FIÈVRES)Hicham Ayouch, France, Morocco, 2014 20 July 17:45 Suncoast 6; 23 July 20:00Suncoast1; 25 July 15:30 Musgrave 5At only thirteen, Benjamin is a little soldier at war with life, with adults and withhimself. He is a troubled kid with a tormented soul and goes back and forth into fosterhomes from the age of five. Eventually, his mother goes to jail and reveals Benjaminis father. For Benjamin, there is just one goal getting out of foster care. So when thesocial worker gives him the choice, he decides to go live at his unknown father’s place.South African PremiereFrench with English Subtitles, 89 minFLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHEREDiep Hoang Nguyen, Vietnam, France,Germany, 201419 July 12:00 Nouveau;26 July 22:30 Musgrave 6Huyen is a teenage girl who gets pregnant from a young loafer and finds herself forced to fallinto prostitution in order to save money for an abortion. Ironically, the only customer who iswilling to pay is a man who is obsessed with pregnant women. The situation becomes evenmore complicated because this man makes Huyen so happy that she almost forgets thatthere is a baby growing inside of her. A refreshingly unabashed female perspective examineswhat happens when a young women, barely adults confronted with life-altering decisions.South African PremiereVietnamese with English subtitles, 98 minFLOWER GIRLMichelle Bello, Nigeria, 2013 17 July 15:00 Ekhaya; 21 July 10:00Westvile Correctional Services;25 July 11:45 Suncoast 8Kemi (Damilola Adegbite) is dying to get married. Umar (Chris Attoh) is dying to get ahead inhis career. When their relationship hits troubled waters, Kemi seeks the help of movie SuperstarTunde (Chuks Chukwujekwu) and they hatch a plan to get Kemi what she wants, the plandoesn’t quite work out however as they anticipate, and soon they realise why people say loveis a funny thing. South African PremiereEnglish, 95 min36th Durban International Film Festival57