Review of Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) by Guido S — 05 May 2014

This film is is a true story and is aposlutely brilliant and moving.

This review of Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) was written by Guido S on 05 May 2014.

Half of a Yellow Sun has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 10 Apr 2014

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