Except it's not "real" - there are flashes of thunder, the "No ay banda" guy disappears in a puff of smoke.
At the hinge of the film is a scene in an unusual late night theater called Club Silencio where a performer announces "No hay banda (there is no band)... but yet we hear a band", variated between English, Spanish and French.
"No hay banda," says the compere.
"No hay banda", says the compere.
But Mrs Banda was no longer a member of the ruling party, having been thrown out by the president in December 2010 for her criticism of his succession plans.
In the wake of Mr Mutharika's death, Ms Kaliati had held a press conference saying Mrs Banda had no right to take over as president - despite what the constitution said.
Although no longer active, Banda remained head of the MCP until his death in November 1997.
Emily Banda (no relation), chair of the Non-Governmental Organisation Board of Malawi, said the row over the statement is a distraction from "the real of bone of contention".
Peter Knight, Flavio Feferman, and Nathalia Foditsch, Broadband Internet in Brazil (Banda Larga no Brasil) (Editora Figurati, 2016).
Ministers went on television late that night claiming that the president was still undergoing treatment and that Mrs Banda had no authority to act as president.
