Danilo da Matta

Pérola (39 years), a female lawyer, return to Angola, for her younger sister´s “Alambamento” (traditional Angolan ceremony where dowries and promises are exchanged between a couple) more than 20 years living abroad. On coming back, she realises that she does not fit in that environment anymore. The world that saw her come to life is now uncomfortable. In the beginning, she remains apart, watching all her parents do and say in a judgmental way, but as the party unfolds, Pérola starts to see the beauty of the place. That land and it´s People reveal a charm that she was not expecting and suddenly she understands that all her loneliness and emptiness she has felt all those years was only her home beckoning her back.

Issa, a footballer from Guinea-Bissau who plays in Portugal, is contacted by two filmmakers who want to know more about his life and make a documentary. Exposing the voices behind the camera, Nha Sunhu is a reflection on the gaze, bias, and representation of the other.

Dans le contexte compliqué de la crise financière de 2008, Vanda tient un petit salon de coiffure à Lisbonne. Lorsqu’elle découvre que son mari l’escroque en plus de la tromper avec une de ses employées, elle décide de le quitter. Au bord de la faillite, elle se tourne vers sa banque qui refuse de l’aider. Seule, ruinée, avec deux enfants à charge, elle décide de braquer une banque à l’aide d’une perruque blonde, d’une paire de lunettes noires et d’un pistolet en plastique. Ce braquage est le premier d’une longue série qui attire l’attention des médias et font d’elle l’héroïne d’un peuple en souffrance.

This is the story of a woman who fell in love and was betrayed. Her beloved was successful at the expense of a song that stole from her, while she was forced to fight for survival, far from her homeland. It is also the story of a girl forced to mature quickly, to raise her daughter, without knowing that, after all, it was not her daughter she was raising...