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Original title

Nha fala

Year

2002

Running time

110 min.

Country

Portugal

Director

Flora Gomes

Screenwriter

Flora Gomes, Franck Moisnard

Cast

Music

Manu Dibango

Cinematography

Edgar Moura

Producer

Co-production Portugal-France-Luxembourg;

Fado Filmes, Les Films de Mai, Samsa Film

Genre

Musical

Synopsis

It has always been a firm conviction of the family that any woman who sings, will die. Now, while a girl is in France she becomes an international star. She realises that sooner rather than later her mother in Africa will learn that she sings. To solve this dilemma she goes back to her native village and arranges her own funeral, albeit with instantaneous rebirth. She is lying in the coffin while all invited guest form a queue and pass the coffin one by one. When she needs go to the toilet a boy will take her place. And then one of the guests says: How different she looks after having died. Is this an allusion to Bergman's movie "Now About These Women"?

Awards: 2002: Venice Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Lion. Laterna Magica Prize

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