Moosa Lane

Synopsis

A personal family epopee in which the Pakistani director Anita Mathal Hopland reviews the history of both of her families. Moosa Lane is the street name of Pakistan’s capital, Karachi, where half of Hopland’s family lives, while the other half lives in Denmark.  The documentary’s author also brings forward an intimate vision of the lives of the three younger family members and their experience with life and death. The filmmaker explores the generation of youth her age in Pakistan, trying to show at the same time the personal experience of those who live between two cultures, as it is her case. However, her circumstances allow her to discover what connects and separates her from her country and culture of origin and realise that she is not as far away as it seems at first sight.