Environmental engineer Sérgio travels to Guinea-Bissau to oversee a road construction project linking the desert to the jungle. For the locals, his work is seen as a continuation of colonial practice, while Sérgio – a white Portuguese man in West Africa – sinks ever deeper into an identity crisis. Where does he truly belong? As tensions rise between locals and outsiders, two residents – Gi and Diara, wearing her blond wig – become Sérgio’s only refuge. This ambitious study of neocolonialism is the latest film by one of Portugal’s most compelling contemporary directors, Pedro Pinho, presented in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard program.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 3 hr. 31 min.
- Country, year
- Portugal, 2025
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Portuguese
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N-16
Credits
- Screenplay
- Miguel Seabra Lopes
- Producers
- Tiago Hespanha, Ioana Lascar, Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem, Pedro Pinho, Filipa Reis, Radu Stancu
- Cinematography
- Ivo Lopes Araújo
- Music
- Carpotxa, Mazulu
- Cast
- Sérgio Coragem, Cleo Diára, Jonathan Guilherme
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Special Mention
