Hollow City (2004)
Na Cidade Vazia (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 30min
- Drama
- 18 Jan 2006 (France)
- Movie
- 4 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
João Roldan | ... |
N'dala
(as Roldan Pinto Joäo)
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Domingos Fernandes Fonseca | ... |
Zè (Nganga)
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Júlia Botelho | ... |
Rosita
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Ana Bustorff | ... |
Religiosa
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Raúl Rosário | ... |
Joka
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Custodio Francisco | ... |
Pescador
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Carlão Machado | ... |
Nandão
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Pulquéria Bastos | ... |
Professora
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Edson K. de Almeida | ... |
Nosa Luta
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Lisandra Pita | ... |
Socorrista
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Enoque Caracol |
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Meirinho Mendes |
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Directed by
Maria João Ganga |
Written by
Maria João Ganga | ... | () |
Produced by
Pandora da Cunha Telles | ... | co-producer |
François Gonot | ... | producer |
Music by
Manu Dibango | ||
Né Gonçalves |
Cinematography by
Jacques Besse |
Editing by
Pascale Chavance |
Editorial Department
Margarida Leitão | ... | assistant editor |
Makeup Department
Ian Swann | ... | key makeup artist |
Production Management
João Ribeiro | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nuno Milagre | ... | first assistant director |
Sound Department
Bertrand Boudaud | ... | foley artist |
Gita Cerveira | ... | sound |
Michelle Chan | ... | assistant sound |
Tiago Matos | ... | sound |
Gérard Rousseau | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
Luís Apura | ... | gaffer |
Marie Deshayes | ... | assistant camera |
Pierre Hemon | ... | assistant camera |
Thomas Roy | ... | still photographer |
Script and Continuity Department
Cesário Monteiro | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Jorge Caixinha | ... | production assistant |
Laura Salgado | ... | production accountant |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Les Histoires Weba (2006) (France) (theatrical)
- Global Film Initiative (2004) (United States)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Global Film Initiative (funding)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the airplane, 11-year-old N'dala decides to leave the group and to explore the city. The nun then starts her unceasing quest for the missing boy. N'dala, carrying only a textile bag and a toy car made of wire, walks through the busy streets filled with people and traffic. Later he finds the tranquility of the beach, 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 his countryside. 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 for making In the Empty City was to provide a picture of an African city without awakening feelings of a patronizing sympathy or associations with the sensationalism of war. Written by Anonymous |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Only the second movie to be made in Angola since the end of the civil war in 1991. See more » |