My Heart of Darkness
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Staffan Julen
Marius Van Niekerk
Christian Beetz
Staffan Julen
Claes Lindberg
Peter Ostlund
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Higher political circles still debate who won the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002), the Cold War's final theater of conflict. It began as a struggle for independence and developed into a drawn-out civil war. But the victims of the conflict know the truth: nobody won. And so do the soldiers who created the victims. The film revolves around Marius van Niekerk, who initiated the project. At the start, this Swedish-South African veteran explains how the memories of his deeds during the Angolan War caused him to lose everything: his self-respect, his land, his reason, his innocence and his wife. Now he leads three fellow veterans on a journey along the river Kwando. Like him, Patrick, Mario and Sammy are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Thirty years ago, they fought on opposing sides of the conflict, and now they are traveling together to the village of Cuito-Cuanavale, where their battle took place seeking answers.
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Released in Netherlands 2010
Released in Netherlands 2010 (Feature-Length Documentary Competition)
