''Crumbs'' is a 2015 Ethiopian

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. It is the first feature film from Spanish-born director Miguel Llansó. Filmed around

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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". Premiered at the

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, ''Crumbs'' won a Nightfall Jury Mention at the 2015

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and the Award for Best First Feature Film at the 2015

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Synopsis

In a dazzlingly imaginative vision of a postapocalyptic Ethiopia, a hapless scavenger finds himself launched 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.

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* 2015 films Films shot in Ethiopia Films set in Ethiopia Post-apocalyptic films {{Ethiopia-film-stub