Sleepwalking Land (film)
| Sleepwalking Land | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Teresa Prata |
| Screenplay by | Teresa Prata (Adaptación de la novela epónima de Mia Couto) |
| Produced by | Filmes de Fundo, Ebano Multimedia, ICAM, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), ZDF Arte |
| Starring | Nick Lauro Teresa, Aldino José, Hélio Fumo, Ilda Gonzalez, Laura Soveral |
| Cinematography | Dominique Gentil |
| Edited by | Paulo Ebelo, Jacques Witta |
| Music by | Alex Goretzki |
Release date |
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Running time | 103' |
| Countries | Germany Mozambique Portugal |
Sleepwalking Land is a 2007 film based on the eponymous novel by Mia Couto. The film took its director Teresa Prata seven years to complete.[1]
Synopsis
In Mozambique, the civil war causes devastation among the population. Amongst this chaos, young Muidinga dreams of finding his family. One day, he finds a diary on a lifeless body in a gunned-down bus;[2] it speaks of a woman searching for her son. Convinced that he's the missing son, Muidinga decides to find her. On his journey he's accompanied by an old man, Tuahir, always ready to tell a tale. Their journey is a battle, and turns them into somnambulists in a country devastated by war.
Awards
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film, International Film Festival of Kerala (India), 2007.[1]
- Best Director, Pune International Film Festival (India).[1]
- Famafest (Portugal)
- Festival Cinema Africano, Asi, America Latina de Milano (Italia)
- Festival Indie Lisboa (Portugal)
References
- ^ a b c Blandine Stefanson; Sheila Petty (2014). Directory of World Cinema Africa. Intellect Books. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8.
- ^ Olivier Barlet (2016). Contemporary African Cinema. MSU Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-62895-270-4.
External links
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)
- Sleepwalking Land at IMDb
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