The Island of Contenda
1999Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change. The old land-owning aristocracy is disintegrating. A class of "mulattos" begins to emerge, with a trade-based financial power that threatens the landlords. A new identity arises, a mix of old and new, of African and Portuguese culture, sensual and dynamic. The songs of Cesária Évora follow this inevitable transformation. From the novel by Henrique Teixeira de Sousa.
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João Lourenço
as Eusébio
Luísa Cruz
as Esmeralda
Fernanda Alves
as Nha Mariquinha
Cecília Guimarães
as Nha Noca
Luís Mascarenhas
as Inspector
José Fanha
as Carneiro
Leandro Ferreira
as Father Vitorio
Isabel de Castro
as Nha Caela
Filipe Ferrer
as Alberto
Teresa Madruga
as Belinha
Betina Lopes
as Soila
Henrique Espírito Santo
as Governor
Laurinda Ferreira
as Alice
Marina Albuquerque
Pedro Wilson
as Dr. Vicente
Horácio Santos
as Anacleto
Carlos Rodrigues
as Augusto Foleiro
Mano Preto
as Chiquinho
Camacho Costa
as Felisberto
João Medina
as Frank Peito D'Ouro