The Great Kilapy
6.0
Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the mid-1970s, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and soon after finds himself hailed as a hero of the national liberation struggle.
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Cast
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Lázaro Ramos
Joãozinho
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Pedro Hossi
Pedro
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Sergio
Luís Alvarães
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Hermila Guedes
Francisca
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Ernesto Lopes
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Zézé Gamboa Director · Luís Alvarães Writer Luis Carlos Patraquim Writer
First release September 7, 2012 · Produced in Angola, Brazil, Portugal · Production Raiz Produções Cinematográficas, Gamboa & Gamboa
Production
David & Golias
Production
Raiz Produções Cinematográficas
Production
Gamboa & Gamboa
Production
Angola · Brazil · Portugal
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Languages
Original title
O Grande Kilapy
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Canada · September 7, 2012
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Angola
November 15, 2013 · Luanda International Film Festival
Brazil
April 23, 2015
Burkina Faso
February 25, 2013 · FESPACO Film Festival
Portugal
October 30, 2014
São Tomé & Príncipe
October 26, 2015 · Festival Internacional de Cinema de São Tomé e Príncipe
Sweden
January 26, 2013 · Göteborg International Film Festival
United Arab Emirates
December 11, 2012 · Dubai International Film Festival
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