Screenplay
No dia em que Portugal e Angola se defrontam no Mundial 2006, em Lisboa, moçambicanos, angolanos, guineenses, são-tomenses, cabo-verdianos e portugueses juntam-se num festim de cerveja, peixe frito e expectativa. Os mais nervosos são JJ e Mina, que aproveitam o jogo para anunciar à família dela que, apesar de não serem sequer noivos, vão ser pais. Tudo pode correr mal e, por isso, JJ leva consigo um padrinho com a barriga cheia de diamantes... Filme que integra o projeto Contado Por Mulheres. Um projeto inédito no audiovisual português que nos traz a frescura de novas realizadoras, todas elas de diferentes gerações e reconhecido talento em várias áreas como cinema, teatro, dança ou publicidade.
Writer
The Angolan Civil War still casts its shadow across the life of a young widow. The camera wanders through the rooms in her house, recording everyday objects and activities, while she describes how the war entered the family in a poetic monologue.
Director
The Angolan Civil War still casts its shadow across the life of a young widow. The camera wanders through the rooms in her house, recording everyday objects and activities, while she describes how the war entered the family in a poetic monologue.
Novel
In a small coastal African village, Jaki lives, in a house full of cousins ruled with an iron fist by grandmother Agnette and haunted by the mysterious figure of Grandmother Catarina. The life of the neighbourhood revolves around the construction of a Mausoleum for a deceased President that threatens to demolish the local residents’ houses. “Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret” is an adaptation of Ondjaki's novel.
Novel
A young girl, traveling in the south of Angola, meets a retired doctor who deals with the memories of war and its perpetual waste. An adaptation of the short tale "The Dragonfly", by Ondjaki.
Director
Angola: thirty years of independence, three years of peace. Capital, Luanda, a city built for 600 thousand people where four million now live. Ten characters guide us through different ways of living and interpreting the city. People from all of the country's provinces meet at this crossroads. They are the life of the city, transforming it by inventing ways to make money and reinventing themselves.
