The Island of Contenda (1999)

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.

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	João Lourenço	As: Eusébio
	Luísa Cruz	As: Esmeralda
	Fernanda Alves	As: Nha Mariquinha
	Cecília Guimarães	As: Nha Noca
	Luís Mascarenhas	As: Inspector

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Genres: Drama

Language: Português

Release Date: 09 July 1999

Country: BE, CV, FR, PT

Runtime: 110m

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Company: Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Instituto Caboverdiano de Cinema, Ministère de la Communauté Française de Belgique, Ministère de la culture, Ministère de la Coopération, European Script Fund, Tobis Portuguesa, Vermedia, Saga Film, RTP

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Cast

	João Lourenço	Eusébio
	Luísa Cruz	Esmeralda
	Fernanda Alves	Nha Mariquinha
	Cecília Guimarães	Nha Noca
	Luís Mascarenhas	Inspector
	José Fanha	Carneiro
	Leandro Ferreira	Father Vitorio
	Isabel de Castro	Nha Caela
	Filipe Ferrer	Alberto
	Teresa Madruga	Belinha
	Betina Lopes	Soila
	Henrique Espírito Santo	Governor
	Laurinda Ferreira	Alice
	Marina Albuquerque
	Pedro Wilson	Dr. Vicente
	Horácio Santos	Anacleto
	Carlos Rodrigues	Augusto Foleiro
	Mano Preto	Chiquinho
	Camacho Costa	Felisberto
	João Medina	Frank Peito D'Ouro