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The Island of Contenda(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-07-09
58%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Portuguese.
Countries:
Belgium,
Cape Verde,
France,
Portugal
ProductionCompanies: 
Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Instituto Caboverdiano de Cinema
Ministère de la Communauté Française de Belgique
Ministère de la Coopération
European Script Fund
Tobis Portuguesa
Vermedia
Movie: The Island of Contenda
Top 10 Billed Cast
Luísa Cruz
Esmeralda
Fernanda Alves
Nha Mariquinha
Cecília Guimarães
Nha Noca
Luís Mascarenhas
Inspector
José Fanha
Carneiro
Isabel de Castro
Nha Caela
Teresa Madruga
Belinha
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1999-07-09
Average
5.8
Rating:
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Languages:
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