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Virgin Margarida

Virgem Margarida

Mozambique

2012

90 Min
Color
Portuguese
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DIR Licinio Azevedo

EXEC Pedro Pimenta

PROD Pedro Pimenta

SCR Jacques Akchoti, Licinio Azevedo

DP Mario Masini

CAST Iva Mugalela, Sumeia Maculuva, Ermelinda Cimela, Rosa Mario, Ana Maria Albino, Ilda Gonzales, Eleuterio Alex

ED Nadia Ben Rachid

PROD DES Jose Vian

MUSIC Moreira Chonguica

SOUND Gita Cerveira

Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema)

Synopsis

Veteran filmmaker Licinio Azevedo drew on the stories of real women who endured the Mozambican “re-education camps” for this dramatic and inspiring elegy to the insurgent spirit of women across nations, histories and cultures. –TIFF

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Licinio Azevedo

Licínio Azevedo is at the same time a director and a writer. He participated in the experiences of Ruy Guerra and Jean-Luc Godard, at the INC (National Film Institute of Mozambique). He is now an independent filmmaker and co-founder of Ebano Multimedia, the most important production company in Mozambique. His multiple productions have won awards all over the world. His first long feature-film, “Margarida”, is at the moment in post-production. —marfilmes.com 

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TIFF 2012. Toronto Notes: Licinio Azevedo's "Virgin Margarida"

By Marie-Pierre Duhamel on September 12, 2012

An uncompromised comment upon the men who are now ruling Mozambique.

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