Portugal / France / Luxembourg,
2002, 110 min
Directed by:
Flora GomesScreenplay:
Flora GomesCinematography:
Edgar MouraCast:
Fatou N'Diaye, François Hadji-Lazaro, Danièle Evenou, Jorge Quintino Biague, Jean-Christophe DolléPlots(1)
It has always been a firm conviction of Vita's family that any woman who sings, will die. While in France Vita becomes an international recording star. She realizes that sooner or later her mother in Africa will learn of the news and be furious. To solve this dilemma she goes back to her native village and stages her own death and resurrection. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Fatou N'Diaye
Senegal
Best movies:
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
The Front Line (2006)
OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)
François Hadji-Lazaro
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Cemetery Man (1994)
J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka (2005)
Danièle Evenou
Tunisia
Best movies:
Le Far-West (1973)
Les Cœurs brûlés (1992) (series)
The New World (2008) (TV movie)