The story of a woman who searches through the country for her husband, a resistant, while the war for independence is raging. She finds him at last and saves his life. When peace finally arrives, they have to learn how to be together again and start living in a destroyed land.
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Cast
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Flora Gomes Director · Manuel Rambout Barcelos Writer David Lang Writer
United States release April 30, 1999 · Produced in Guinea-Bissau · Original title Mortu Nega
Production
Guinea-Bissau
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Languages
Original title
Mortu Nega
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Italy · August 29, 1988
Theatrical
Portugal · October 4, 1990
Theatrical
United States · April 30, 1999
Theatrical
Austria
October 17, 2025 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
Denmark
December 6, 1991
France
March 7, 1990 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 4, 1991 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 4, 1989 · Göteborg Film Festival
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