Sambizanga (1972)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 102 minuten
Country:
Angola / France
Directed by: Sarah Maldoror
Stars: Domingos de Oliveira, Elisa Andrade and Jean M'Vondo
IMDb score:
7,0 (1.016)
Releasedate: 26 April 1973
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Sambizanga plot
An Angolan woman tries to free her husband who has been imprisoned by the Portuguese secret service for his revolutionary actions. When she finally finds him, he turns out to be tortured.
Actors and actresses
Domingos
Maria
Petelo
Zito
Chico
Miguel
Mussunda
Bebiana
PIDE agent
Narrator (voice)
Reviews & comments
Fisico
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Every colonial regime has its own history. The same goes for Portugal and Angola. The film is set sometime in the early 1960s during and before the outbreak of the Angolan War of Independence and follows the struggles of Angolan militants.
Sambizanga refers to the neighborhood in Luanda where there was a Portuguese prison where many Angolan militants were tortured and killed. Domingos, a revolutionary, is arrested by Portuguese colonial officials and taken to prison in Sambizanga. The film also focuses on his wife Maria, who goes in search of her husband to discover what happened to her husband, not really knowing what his part is as a freedom fighter.
Beautiful and well portrayed. Especially if you look at the period and where it comes from.
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