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Fictional flags in the Swedish movie Morgan Pålsson —
Världsreporter. A description can be found
on IMDB;
the poster suggest that this is a comedy.
Marcus Wendel, 31 Augustus 2008
image by Eugene Ipavec,
17 February 2010
Matòbo is a fictional North African country; the capital is Bathom
and the country is ruled by King Hajib II until 2008 when the Islamic Front
takes power with the support of the terror network al-Irhabi led by Fajr
al-Zowari.
Marcus Wendel, 31 Augustus 2008
Image of the flag can be seen here.
Marcus Wendel, 31 Augustus 2008
Note that this is not the same country or flag as the fictional
African country Matobo in the movie The Interpreter.
Marcus Wendel, 31 Augustus 2008
The producers/scriptwriters of this film seem to have run out of inspiration.
Could they really not come up with an appropriate sounding name of a fictional African state of their own,
rather than copying someone else's?
Moreover, the name "Matobo" in The Interpreter is
derived from the Matopo Hills in Zimbabwe — the state in that film
is strongly based on Zimbabwe and the name
used has a distinctly authentic ring to it. However, this name is not at all
redolent of North Africa and it seems a somewhat bizarre choice —
one hopes the plot is better than the stylisation.
flagsforum user Vexilo, quoted by Eugene Ipavec, 17 February 2010