MOZAMBIQUE • 86′
a movie by LICINIO AZEVEDO
Mozambique, 1975. After 500 years of Portuguese colonization, Mozambicans hoist their flag for the first time. Those who fought for independence are in power and apply their revolutionary ideals. Prostitutes must be “reeducated” and transformed into “new women” to serve revolution. Hundred of women, prostitutes or presumed prostitutes, are arrested. Amongst them, Margarida, a teen age peasant girl, arrested for not having any identification document. The women are taken to an isolated location. The long cohabitation between guards and prisoners, in complete isolation, brings them to the discovery of their own humanity. And to the conclusion that they are all prisoners of a system they do not understand. On occasion of the visit of the military commander who has the power to free Margarida, the women decides to free themselves.
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FESTIVALS
AWARD FOR THE BEST SECOND ROLE FOR IVA MUGALELA AT THE JCC CARTHAGE (Tunisia 2012)
PUBLIC AWARD AT THE AMIENS FILM FESTIVAL (France 2012)
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AWARD FOR THE BEST SECOND ROLE AT THE AWARDS MOVIE ACADEMY FOR HERMELINDA SIMELA (Africa 2013)
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AWARD AT THE FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL VUES D’AFRIQUE (Canada 2013)
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AUDIENCE AWARD AT THE ALGIERS FILM FESTIVAL (Algérie 2014)
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CREDIT
director LICINIO AZEVEDO
authors LICINIO AZEVEDO, JACQUES AKCHOTI
producers JACQUES BIDOU, MARIANNE DUMOULIN, PEDRO PIMENTA, PANDORA DA CUNHA TELES, PABLO IRAOLA
productions JBA PRODUCTION, EBANO MULTIMEDIA, UKBAR FILMES
cast ANA-MARIA ALBINO
image MARIO MASINI
sound GITA CERVEIRA, BRANKO NESKOV
music MOREIRA CHONGUIçA
year of production 2012
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LANGUAGES
DCP OV PORT STT ENG/FR