2004
Na Cidade Vazia
6.2/10
A group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the aeroplane, 12-year-old N'Dala decides to leave the group and to reconnoitre the city. The nun then st...
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Na Cidade Vazia
Genre: Drama
A group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the aeroplane, 12-year-old N'Dala decides to leave the group and to reconnoitre the city. The nun then starts her unceasing quest for the missing boy. N'Dala, only carrying a textile bag and a doll made of wire, walks through the busy streets filled with people and traffic. Later he finds the tranquility of the island off the coast, where he meets the old fisherman Antonio, with whom he becomes friends. Not much later, he meets the lively, whimsical Zé, who is a little older than he is. N'Dala starts to experience the city and its inhabitants as increasingly forbidding and he would most like to return to the countryside from whence he came. Then he meets Joka, a fringe figure who persuades him to help with a robbery in exchange for money. With this film, Maria Joao Ganga wanted to provide a realistic sketch of the bitter political situation in Angola. One of her most important motivations ...
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Maria João Ganga
Director
Maria João Ganga
Writers
Cast
João Roldan
As N'dala
Domingos Fernandes Fonseca
As Zè
Júlia Botelho
As Rosita
Ana Bustorff
As Religiosa
Raúl Rosário
As Joka
Custodio Francisco
As Pescador
Carlão Machado
As Nandão
Pulquéria Bastos
As Professora
Edson K. de Almeida
As Nosa Luta
Lisandra Pita
As Socorrista