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Mortu Nega

Original title: Those Whom Death Refused
1988 · 1 h 25 min
Directed by Flora Gomes
DramaWar

Cast

Bia Gomes Tunu Eugénio Almada

Credits

Written by: Manuel Rambout Barcelos

Plot

At the end of the war of independence against Portugal, Diminga, a woman in Guinea-Bissau, waits for her husband to return from the front, while she grows rice. The new country faces drought and hunger, and the villagers have to rebuild amid traditions and the old fears. Flora Gomes's 1988 film, the first fiction feature from Guinea-Bissau, is a poetic and humane work.

Sinekatalog’s take

Flora Gomes's drama follows a woman waiting for her husband to return from the independence war in Guinea-Bissau as drought and hunger threaten. Bia Gomes is strong in a vivid, humane and political film, the country's first fiction feature.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (179 votes)
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