Of all the foreign films that we have watched, Rebelle is without a doubt my favorite film so far. The story outlines a young teenage girl from the ages of 12 to 14 who is abducted by the rebel army. When her hallucinations protect her from war with the government soldiers, they pronounce her as a witch and she is highly regarded, especially by the Great Tiger himself. During the film, she develops a close relationship with a fellow child soldier known as the Magician, who through great lengths to find a white rooster to propose marriage to her. After he dies, she gets abducted again by a war commander, and after having conceived his child, she manages to avoid getting raped and kill him by shoving a razor blade inside of her body—which, in my opinion, is really cool. It's rare to find such a strong female protagonist in film nowadays, especially in foreign films, so that made it all the more refreshing. Overall, I enjoyed this movie immensely and would rate it five stars.

I thought that Rebelle was a very interesting movie to watch during class. I found the characters to be very compelling and the story to be a great view. Though, I didn't really understand why she was able to do everything that she could. Why was she able to see ghosts and why was she able to kill all of the soldiers? I understand that most of it was just for effect, but why was it able to happen in the first place? Also, I was confused about all of the spiritual aspects of the story. The magician had a large amount of talismans that he would give away like a sort of currency, but what were they? Also, why did the uncle continue to let the magician and the witch back into his house after they repeatedly destroyed his life? It probably has to do with the weight that family has in African culture, but I couldn't imagine anyone in America doing that.

during it. I liked the different personalities of each character and how they contrasted from each other, but during the beginning I was a little confused as to what was going on. At first, I was confused because I thought that the movie somehow went forward in time right before Komona got married. I could not believe that not only was she 13/14 years old and willingly getting married, but also fighting in war and killing her family! However, the subtitles helped when it would say her age, because then I realized that it did not go forwards, and that this was just a really really different way of life and culture! My favorite character was Komona because she was so strong. I felt so bad for her because if I was forced to kill my own parents, I would probably kill myself since I would not be able to go on knowing I did that, even if I WAS forced. Not only did she have to kill her family at a very young age, she had to go on with life- and she sure did. I felt really bad for her because she suffered so much loss, and I wish this film showed a little more of her emotional side and a little less war. On every thing about this film that I found super intriguing and cool was all the albinos! I did not expect to see the scene where dozens of them were all together, like a little village. I found it kind of ironic how Magicien was searching for a super rare white rooster, and he was kind of like the super rare white rooster since he was albino.

Canadian filmmaker Kim Nguyen brings this brutally stark and heart-rendering drama to the screen. Rachel Mwanza gives a magnificent performance as Komona, a young African girl kidnapped from her impoverished village, in an unnamed African country, and forcibly conscripted into a rebel military force fighting against the government. The movie details the horrors she subsequently faced from the ages of 12 to 14.On her first mission as a child soldier, the ghosts of her parents appear to warn her of an impending ambush from government forces. The leader of the rebels, named the Grand Tiger, anoints her as his war witch due to her supernatural powers which can help them in combat. As a war witch, she receives a higher status within the rebel group.Komona befriends a young soldier, named Magician, also superbly played by Serge Kanyinda. When Magician warns Komona that the Grand Tiger has killed the last three war witches, she agrees to run off with him and escape the rebel forces. With their bond deepening, Magiciain asks Komona to marry him, but her father had told her that he must present to her a white rooster before any wedding can take place. This becomes an interesting and rather touching part of the story as Magician tries to find her the extremely rare fowl. Komona eventually marries Magician and becomes pregnant with his child.I won't go into more plot details, as I'll leave them to the viewer. However, I will say that the rebels come looking for their war witch and that Komona must resort to increasingly desperate and brutal measures to try and save herself and her baby.In summary, despite the film being difficult to watch at times with its' starkly depicted violent realism, I found it to be well worth hanging in there. The powerful performances, writing, and direction, made it a movie that stayed with me long after it was over.