Hollow City

Hollow City

2004
1h 30m
5.6

5.6/10

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Overview

A group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the aeroplane, 12-year-old N'Dala decides to leave the group and to reconnoitre the city. The nun then starts her unceasing quest for the missing boy. N'Dala, only carrying a textile bag and a doll made of wire, walks through the busy streets filled with people and traffic. Later he finds the tranquility of the island off the coast, where he meets the old fisherman Antonio, with whom he becomes friends. Not much later, he meets the lively, whimsical Zé, who is a little older than he is. N'Dala starts to experience the city and its inhabitants as increasingly forbidding and he would most like to return to the countryside from whence he came. Then he meets Joka, a fringe figure who persuades him to help with a robbery in exchange for money. With this film, Maria Joao Ganga wanted to provide a realistic sketch of the bitter political situation in Angola. One of her most important motivations ...

Status: Released

Language: PT

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Production Information

Production Companies
Animatógrafo II Integrada
Production Countries
Angola Portugal
Spoken Languages
Portuguese

Quick Facts

Original Title Na Cidade Vazia
Release Date January 29, 2004
Status Released
Language PT
IMDb ID tt0397557

Cast

João Roldan
João Roldan

N'dala

Domingos Fernandes Fonseca
Domingos Fernandes Fonseca

Júlia Botelho
Júlia Botelho

Rosita

Ana Bustorff
Ana Bustorff

Religiosa

Raúl Rosário
Raúl Rosário

Joka

Custodio Francisco
Custodio Francisco

Pescador

Carlão Machado
Carlão Machado

Nandão

Pulquéria Bastos
Pulquéria Bastos

Professora

Edson K. de Almeida
Edson K. de Almeida

Nosa Luta

Lisandra Pita
Lisandra Pita

Socorrista

Enoque Caracol
Enoque Caracol

Meirinho Mendes
Meirinho Mendes

Key Crew

Maria João Ganga
Director
François Gonot
Producer
Maria João Ganga
Writer