MORTU NEGA

A film by Flora Gomes

Cast : Bia GOMES, Tunu Eugenio ALMADA, Mamadu Uri BALDE, Pedro DA SILVA, Flora GOMES, Homna NALETE, M'Male NHASSE

1988 / Guinea-Bissau / 96’ / status : completed

In Guinea-Bissau,during the war of independence in 1973, Diminga crosses a devastated country in search of her husband Sako, a resistance fighter missing at the front. When she finally finds and saves him, the war ends but peace brings new battles. As drought and hardship grip their newly freed land, Diminga and Sako must learn to rebuild both their love and their lives.

Restored in 4K by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with Flora Gomes.

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