The Murmuring Coast

A Costa dos Murmúrios, feature film, 2004

DIRECTED BY: Margarida Cardoso

The Murmuring Coast

CAST:
Beatriz Batarda (Evita),
Filipe Duarte (Luis),
Monica Calle (Helena),
Adriano Luz (Jaime Forza Leal),
Luís Sarmento (novinar)

SCRIPT:
Cedric Basso,
Margarida Cardoso (prema romanu Lídie Jorge)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Lisa Hagstrand

Synopsis:
The story takes place in the 1970s in Mozambique. Evita and Luis are a young couple who arrive to Mozambique because Luis was sent there to fight on Portugal’s side against fighters for the independence of Mozambique. Luis is worried about his wife and asks her not to leave the house while he fights. Nevertheless, Evita has no intention of being shut in the house and goes out of it. She meets the wife of Luis’ sergeant and they become friends…

color, 115 min