Cast
Elisabeth Fernandes Domingos de Oliveira Jean M'Vondo
Credits
Written by: 
Sarah Maldoror
Plot
In 1961 Angola, as the liberation struggle against Portugal begins, a tractor driver, Domingos, is arrested by the Portuguese secret police. His wife, Maria, walks across the country with their baby, searching for him from prison to prison. Sarah Maldoror's 1972 film, based on a novel by Luandino Vieira, is a restrained, moving portrait of resistance, and won the Tanit d'Or at Carthage.
Sinekatalog’s take
Sarah Maldoror's drama follows an Angolan woman searching for her husband, a tractor driver arrested by Portuguese secret police in 1961. Quiet, lyrical and angry, it is a landmark of African cinema and anticolonial storytelling.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (1,100 votes)
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