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O Grande Kilapy
''The Great Kilapy'' ( pt, O Grande Kilapy) is a 2012 Comedy drama, comedy-drama film directed by Zézé Gamboa. The film was an international co-production between companies in Angola, Cinema of Brazil, Brazil and Cinema of Portugal, Portugal. Plot Joao Fraga is a young Angolan, the descendant of a rich family from the colonial period. This mestizo boy just wants to live his life, having fun with friends and spending his money. Although he is the Senior Executive of the National Bank of Angola, he diverts the institution's own funds, distributing money to colleagues and activists for the liberation of Angola. Joao goes to jail, but when he got out of prison, is upheld by society as a local hero. References External links * 2012 films Angolan drama films Brazilian comedy-drama films Portuguese comedy-drama films Films shot in João Pessoa {{2010s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zézé Gamboa
José Augusto Octávio Gamboa dos Passos, known as Zézé Gamboa (born 1955) is an Angolan film director. Life Zézé Gamboa was born in Luanda in 1955.Ivonete PintoEntrevista: Zézé Gamboa ''Orson'', No. 4, 2013. He started working as a news producer in Angolan television in May 1974. In 1980 he moved to Europe, spending nine years in Paris and another seven years in Belgium before eventually settling in Lisbon. Gamboa started film-making by making documentaries. He also worked on '' Foreign Land'' (1995), directed by Walter Salles, and '' Napomuceno's Will'', Francisco Manso's 1997 film adaptation of Germano Almeida's novel ''The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo''. ''The Hero'' (2004) tells the story of a man attempting to recover his stolen prosthetic limb in an Angola trying to rebuild itself after the civil war. It received the Jury Prize for World Cinema at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, among over 25 film festival awards. Critic Olivier Barlet has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |