Hollow City (film)

Hollow City
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Directed by	Maria João Ganga
Written by	Maria João Ganga
Produced by	François Gonot
Starring	João Roldan Domingos Fernandes Fonseca
Cinematography	Jacques Besse
Edited by	Pascale Chavance
Music by	Manu Dibango & Né Gonçalves
Distributed by	The Global Film Initiative
Release date	2004 (2004)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Angola
Language	Portuguese

Hollow City (Na Cidade Vazia) (2004) is the first full-length movie directed by Angolan-born director Maria João Ganga. The film is one of the first to be produced in Angola since the end of the civil war, and the first film produced by an Angolan woman. Filming was done on location in Luanda, Angola. International versions of the film are in the Portuguese language with English subtitles.^[1][2][3]

Plot

The film centers around the life of an orphan named N'dala, who is taken to the city of Luanda after the death of his parents during the Angolan civil war. Wanting to return to his hometown of Bié, N'dala flees from the nuns who have saved him into the streets of the city. He wanders from place to place meeting various figures, such as a young man named Zé who tries to help him find a home. Later in the film N'dala is taken under the wing of a criminal named Joka who exploits him for his own uses.

See also

• Global Film Initiative

References

1. "HOLLOW CITY a film by Maria João Ganga". globalfilm.org. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
2. "fandor". fandor.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
3. "African Cinema: Media Resources Center UCB". lib.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

External links

• Hollow City at IMDb