Those Whom Death Refused

Those Whom Death Refused (1988)

Mortu Nega

The story of a woman who searches through the country for her husband, a resistant, while the war for independence is raging. She finds him at last and saves his life. When peace finally arrives, they have to learn how to be together again and start living in a destroyed land.

Date of release
1988-08-29
TMDB
7.9 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Flora Gomes

Casting

Interesting facts

Mortu Nega is a 1988 historic film by Flora Gomes, a director from Guinea-Bissau. Mortu Nega was Gomes' first feature-length film and the first film produced in independent Guinea-Bissau. It was also the first ethnofiction film to show the experiences of the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, blending contemporary history with mythology. Its world premiere was at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 1988.

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