Film · Drama
The Island of Contenda (1999)
Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change. The old land-owning aristocracy is disintegrating. A class of "mulattos" begins to emerge, with a trade-based financial power that threatens the landlords. A new identity arises, a mix of old and new, of African and Portuguese culture, sensual and dynamic. The songs of Cesária Évora follow this inevitable transformation. From the novel by Henrique Teixeira de Sousa.
- Director
- Leão Lopes
- Writers
- José Fanha, Henrique Teixeira de Sousa, Leão Lopes
- Country
- Portugal
- Language
- Portuguese
- Release date
- July 9, 1999
- Original title
- O Ilhéu da Contenda
Cast
- João LourençoEusébio
Luísa CruzEsmeralda
Fernanda AlvesNha Mariquinha
Cecília GuimarãesNha Noca
Luís MascarenhasInspector
José FanhaCarneiro- Leandro FerreiraFather Vitorio
Isabel de CastroNha Caela
Filipe FerrerAlberto
Teresa MadrugaBelinha- Betina LopesSoila
Henrique Espírito SantoGovernor- Laurinda FerreiraAlice
Marina Albuquerque- Pedro WilsonDr. Vicente
- Horácio SantosAnacleto
Carlos RodriguesAugusto Foleiro- Mano PretoChiquinho
Camacho CostaFelisberto- João MedinaFrank Peito D'Ouro
