Mortu Nega
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Flora Gomes
Bya Gomes
Tunu Eugenio Almada
Mamadu Uri Balde
M'male Nhasse
Sinho Pedro Dasilva
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The history of Guinea Bissau from the onset of the war of independence from Portugal in 1963 to the present. Four years after Diminga and her lover are separated by the struggle for independence, Sako returns, wounded in battle. As the nation suffers through drought, famine and political division, Diminga and a crowd pray for rain and celebrate both the dead and the living.
Director
Flora Gomes
Cast
Bya Gomes
Tunu Eugenio Almada
Mamadu Uri Balde
M'male Nhasse
Sinho Pedro Dasilva
Homna Nalete
Caio Leucadio Almeida
Irene Lopes
Abi Cassama
Ernesto Moreira
Tomas Cabral
Noemia Katar Madi
Francisco Dias
Carfaia Djassi
Flora Gomes
Ermelinda Goncalves
Tomango Cande
Irene Dias Camara
Fernando Depina
Edna Rosa
Ivone Leite Lopes
Mario Cenira Decarvalho
Gildo Mendes
Crew
Manuel Rambault Barcellos
Saco Soares Cassama
Djanun Dabo
Jose Dasilva
Pierre Donnadieu
Cecilia Fonseca
Dominique Gentil
Flora Gomes
Fernando Julio
Manuel Julio
Christiane Lack
David Lang
Orlando Lopes
Sana Na N'hada
Nina Neves Aime
Sidonio Pais Quaresma
Odette Rosa
Jacques Zajdermann
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in France March 7, 1990
First feature film produced in Guinea Bissau. Directorial debut for Flora Gomes.
Shown at Belgian Cinedecouvertes annual competition July 1989.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 16, 1989.
Shown at Carthage Film Festival in Tunis October 26-November 3, 1990.
Shown at Festival of Pan-African Cinema (FESPACO) March 1989.
Shown at London Film Festival November 10-26, 1989.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 28, 1990.
Shown at Venice Film Festival August 29, 1988.
Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of series "Spotlight on African Filmmakers" May 1-4, 1999.
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Released in France March 7, 1990
