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The Island of Contenda (1999)
Directed by Leão Lopes
Drama · 1h 50m
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.
Cast
J
João Lourenço
Eusébio
Luísa Cruz
Esmeralda
Fernanda Alves
Nha Mariquinha
Cecília Guimarães
Nha Noca
Luís Mascarenhas
Inspector
José Fanha
Carneiro
L
Leandro Ferreira
Father Vitorio
Isabel de Castro
Nha Caela
Filipe Ferrer
Alberto
Teresa Madruga
Belinha
B
Betina Lopes
Soila
Henrique Espírito Santo
Governor
Crew
- Director
- Leão Lopes
- Writer
- José Fanha, Leão Lopes
- Novel
- Henrique Teixeira de Sousa
- Director of Photography
- João Abel Aboim
- Editor
- Denise Vindevogel
- Producer
- Paulo De Sousa
Details
- Original title
- O Ilhéu da Contenda
- Release date
- 1999-07-09
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Belgium, Cape Verde, France, Portugal
- Production
- Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Instituto Caboverdiano de Cinema, Ministère de la Communauté Française de Belgique, Ministère de la Culture, Ministère de la Coopération, European Script Fund, Tobis Portuguesa, Vermedia, Saga Film, RTP