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Sleepwalking Land (film)

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Director
  
Teresa Prata

Music director
  
Alex Goretzki

Duration
  

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Screenplay
  
Teresa Prata

Country
  
Germany Mozambique Portugal

Release date
  
2007

Writer
  
Mia Couto (story), Teresa Prata (scenario & adaptation)

Initial release
  
September 22, 2007 (Brazil)

Cast
  
Aladino Jasse, Nick Lauro Teresa, Helio Fumo

Similar movies
  
Mia Couto wrote the story for Sleepwalking Land and The Last Flight of the Flamingo

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Sleepwalking Land is a 2007 film, directed by Teresa Prata and based on the eponymous novel by Mia Couto.

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Synopsis

In Mozambique, the civil war causes devastation among the population. Amongst this chaos, young Muidinga dreams of finding his family. One day, he finds a diary on a lifeless body; it speaks of a woman searching for her son. Convinced that he’s the missing son, Muidinga decides to find her. On his journey he’s accompanied by an old man, Tuahir, always ready to tell a tale. Their journey is a battle, and turns them into somnambulists in a country devastated by war.

Awards

  • International Film Festival of Kerala (India) in 2007
  • Pune International Film Festival (India)
  • Famafest (Portugal)
  • Festival Cinema Africano, Asi, America Latina de Milano (Italia)
  • Festival Indie Lisboa (Portugal)

    • References

    Sleepwalking Land (film) Wikipedia
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    Sleepwalking Land (film) IMDb