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Hollow City

01/29/2004

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1hr 30min

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Drama

STORY

A group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the aeroplane, 12-year-old N'Dala decides to leave the group and to reconnoitre the city. The nun then starts her unceasing quest for the missing boy. N'Dala, only carrying a textile bag and a doll made of wire, walks through the busy streets filled with people and traffic. Later he finds the tranquility of the island off the coast, where he meets the old fisherman Antonio, with whom he becomes friends. Not much later, he meets the lively, whimsical Zé, who is a little older than he is. N'Dala starts to experience the city and its inhabitants as increasingly forbidding and he would most like to return to the countryside from whence he came. Then he meets Joka, a fringe figure who persuades him to help with a robbery in exchange for money. With this film, Maria Joao Ganga wanted to provide a realistic sketch of the bitter political situation in Angola. One of her most important motivations ...

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • João Roldan
  • Domingos Fernandes Fonseca
  • Júlia Botelho
  • Ana Bustorff
  • Raúl Rosário

    Director

  • Maria João Ganga

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Animatógrafo II
  • Integrada

    Production Countries

  • Angola
  • Portugal

LANGUAGES

  • Portuguese

Cast

João Roldan

N'dala

Domingos Fernandes Fonseca

Zè

Júlia Botelho

Rosita

Ana Bustorff

Religiosa

Raúl Rosário

Joka

Custodio Francisco

Pescador

Carlão Machado

Nandão

Pulquéria Bastos

Professora

Edson K. de Almeida

Nosa Luta

Lisandra Pita

Socorrista

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