Sana Na N'Hada — Director (5)

Movie

Xime (1994)
Xime Douban
other title: 西摩往事
Xime-Portuguese Guinea-1962: The rice peasant IALA is confronted with losing the authority over his two sons, Raul and Bedan. Raul, the elder son, through the help of Vittorio, the Italian priest from the little village school, had been sent to the seminary in the big city. No one knows that he has, in fact, joined the liberation movement against the Portuguese colonial regime. Bedan, the younger son, remaining behind the village, is in opposition to the traditional authority of the village elders. Moreover, he is secretly in love wi th his father's young bride to be! The colonial authorities are also in turmoil. When Raul returns to the village, events escalate. In the end, they rapidly lead to the violence which forces everyone to make a choice.

Movie

Nome (2023)
Nome Douban
萨那·纳·恩哈达 actor: Marcelino António Ingira / Binete Undonque
other title: 名叫诺米
戛纳电影节acid单元。 Guinée-Bissau, 1969. Une guerre violente oppose l’armée coloniale portugaise aux guérilleros du Parti Africain pour l'Indépendance de la Guinée. Nome quitte son village et rejoint le maquis. Après des années, il rentrera en héros, mais la liesse laissera bientôt la place à l’amertume et au cynisme.