The Island of Contenda
Release Date: 1999-07-09
Overview: Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change. The old land-owning aristocracy is disintegrating. A class of "mulattos" begins to emerge, with a trade-based financial power that threatens the landlords. A new identity arises, a mix of old and new, of African and Portuguese culture, sensual and dynamic. The songs of Cesária Évora follow this inevitable transformation. From the novel by Henrique Teixeira de Sousa.
Rating: 5.8 / 10
Cast
João Lourenço
as Eusébio
Luísa Cruz
as Esmeralda
Fernanda Alves
as Nha Mariquinha
Cecília Guimarães
as Nha Noca
Luís Mascarenhas
as Inspector
Crew
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João Abel Aboim - Director of Photography
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Denise Vindevogel - Editor
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Paulo De Sousa - Producer
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Henrique Teixeira de Sousa - Novel
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Leão Lopes - Director
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