IMDb > O Herói (2004)

Overview

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6.5/10   85 votes
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Director:

Zézé Gamboa

Writers:

Carla Baptista (writer)
Pierre-Marie Goulet (writer)
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Release Date:

7 December 2005 (France) more

Genre:

Drama | War more

Plot:

A 20-year veteran of the Angolan civil war returns to the capital city of Luanda where he faces the challenges of assimilation and survival. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

3 wins more

User Comments:

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Makena Diop ... Vitorio (as Oumar Makena Diop)
Milton 'Santo' Coelho ... Manu
Maria Ceiça ... Maria Bárbara aka Judite
Patrícia Bull ... Joana
Neuza Borges ... Flora
Raúl Rosário
Prospero Joao
Orlando Sérgio ... Minister
Fernando Ferreira

Catarina Matos ... Rute
Miguel Hurst ... Doctor Luís
Thierry Darrigrand ... Doctor Thierry
Nelo Helder
Adelino Caracol
João Carlos Miguel
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Hero (International: English title)
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Runtime:

97 min

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

DAVID & GOLIAS more


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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Step to the future., 24 March 2006
8/10
Author: tolgason from Turkey

It's an amazing film for a country where has its independence in 1975 and has no film industry. Simple story of this film shows us the main problems of Angola after 27 year long civil war. 1.5 millions of homeless and 4 millions of people who have effected from the war were made Angola another problematic like Liberia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. Like the other countries in the line of middle-Africa, Angola has a struggle against the poverty as a result of past colonial experiences. Health, education problems and unemployment are storied in two peoples' life's intersection. The naiveness of the story may be the main lack of the film, but it builds an objective gaze to a post-colonial problems of African Nations. And also this film may trigger a third world national cinema industry for African Nations.

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