The Island of Contenda
110 mins
Cape 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.
João Lourenço
Eusébio
Leandro Ferreira
Father Vitorio
Betina Lopes
Soila
Laurinda Ferreira
Alice
Pedro Wilson
Dr. Vicente
Horácio Santos
Anacleto
Mano Preto
Chiquinho
João Medina
Frank Peito D'Ouro
Paulo De Sousa
Producer
João Abel Aboim
Director of Photography
Denise Vindevogel
Editor
Leão Lopes
Director
Leão Lopes
Writer
Ricardo Castro
Sound
Miguel Mendes
Production Designer
Francisco Veloso
Sound
Maurice Brover
Co-Producer
Gervaise Demeure
Sound Editor
Thomas Gauder
Sound Mixer
