Angola, 1974, the thirteenth year of the liberation war: the Portuguese and their descendants flee the colony, where independentist groups gradually lay claim to their territory. A group of Portuguese soldiers who are barracked inside an infinite wall will have to escape from they camp once the past comes out of the grave to claim its long awaited justice. Borrowing its original title from the lyrics of Portugal’s national anthem, this visually arresting and uncompromising film is at once a relentless study of colonialism and a parable of the devastation of warfare.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 58 min.
- Country, year
- Portugal, France, Angola, 2022
- Genre
- Experimental, History, War
- Language
- Portuguese
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N-16
Credits
- Director
- Carlosas Conceição
- Screenplay
- Carlos Conceição
- Producers
- Tiago Hespanha, Luisa Homem, João Matos, Susana Nobre, Leonor Noivo, Pedro Pinho
- Cinematography
- Vasco Viana
- Cast
- João Arrais, Anabela Moreira, Gustavo Sumpta, Leonor Silveira, Miguel Amorim, Ivo Arroja, André Cabral, João Cachola, Vicente Gil
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Label Europa Cinemas award · Youth Jury Award
Director
Carlosas Conceição
Carlos Conceição majored in English with a focus on Anglo-Saxon Romantic literature and in film directing at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. In the first years of his career, Carlos created video art, installations and music videos. His short films Goodnight Cinderella (2014) and Bad Bunny (2017) were both selected at La Semaine de la Critique. Serpentarius (2019) was his first feature-length film.
