01 MAY — 11 MAY 2024

01 MAY — 11 MAY 2024

Sambizanga

Sarah Maldoror

France / Angola
1973, 102'

We are in 1961, at the beginning of the war for Angolan independence. Domingos Xavier is a revolutionary arrested by the Portuguese military and taken to a prison in Sambizanga. His wife, Maria, seeks him out, fearing he may have been subjected to torture, or even death. A film that shows the liberation of Angola through the eyes of a woman.

Retrospective

INFO

ORIGINAL TITLE
Sambizanga
LANGUAGE
Portuguese (PT) / Lingala
SCRIPT
Sarah Maldoror
CAST
Domingos de Oliveira, Elisa Andrade, Jean M'Vondo, Benoît Moutsila, Lopes Rodrigues, Henriette Meya
PHOTOGRAPHY
Claude Agostini
EDITING
Sarah Maldoror
PRODUCTION
Isabelle Films

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