Hollow City

Synopsis

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 ...

Main Cast

João Roldan

N'dala

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Domingos Fernandes Fonseca

Zè

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Júlia Botelho

Rosita

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ana Bustorff

Religiosa

Age : 64 | Popularity : 10%

Raúl Rosário

Joka

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Meirinho Mendes

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Pascale Chavance
Production	Co-Producer	Pandora da Cunha Telles
	Production Manager	João Ribeiro
	Producer	François Gonot
Sound	Music	Manu Dibango Né Gonçalves
	Sound	Tiago Matos Gérard Rousseau Gita Cerveira
Directing	First Assistant Director	Nuno Milagre
	Director	Maria João Ganga
Crew	Cinematography	Jacques Besse
Writing	Writer	Maria João Ganga
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Ian Swann
Department	Role	Name

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