Nha Mila

Portugal / Switzerland, August 2020
FILM, Fiction, 19 min.

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directed by
Denise Fernandes
Written by
Denise Fernandes
Status
In distribution
Website
http://www.osomeafuria.com/filmes/info/107

After fourteen years away from her homeland, Salomé is forced to return to Cape Verde to see her dying brother. During her stopover at Lisbon airport, Águeda a cleaning lady recognizes Salomé as Mila, her childhood friend. Águeda invites Salomé to leave the airport and spend the stopover at her home, with the women of her family. The neighbourhood transports her on a spiritual journey, whose destination unfurls a painful bond with her homeland.

Dopo 14 anni di assenza, Salomé è costretta a tornare a Capo Verde per salutare il fratello morente. Dalla Svizzera fa scalo all’aeroporto di Lisbona, dove Águeda, addetta alle pulizie, la riconosce come “Mila”, una vecchia amica d’infanzia. Águeda la invita a lasciare l’aeroporto e a trascorrere le poche ore di scalo a casa sua, con le donne della sua famiglia. Il quartiere capoverdiano trasporta Salomé in un viaggio spirituale, la cui destinazione fa emergere il doloroso legame con la sua terra natale.

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World Premiere
August 2020
Original Version
Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (italian/english/portuguese subtitles),  colour, DCP, 19 min.
ISAN
0000-0005-B6C7-0000-O-0000-0000-2
Production
O Som e a Fúria, ventura film sa, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Luis Urbano, Sandro Aguilar, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaeffli
directed by
Denise Fernandes
Written by
Denise Fernandes
Cinemato­graphy
Marta Simões
Editing
Pedro Felipe Marques
Sound Design
Miguel Moraes Cabral
Re-Recording Mix
António Porém Pires

Cast

Yaya Correia as Salomé / Mila
Maria Luisa Sanches as Águeda
Cleo Tavares as Sheila
Lourença Semedo as Celina

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Agencia da Curta Metragem

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