''Po di Sangui'' (Tree of Blood), is a 1996

Bissau-Guinean Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

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directed by

Flora Gomes Flora Gomes is a Bissau-Guinean film director. He was born in Cadique, Guinea-Bissau on 31 December 1949 and after high school in Cuba, he decided to study film at the Instituto Cubano del Arte y la Industria Cinematográficos in Havana. Shot f ...

and produced by Jean-Pierre Gallepe. The film stars Dulceneia Bidjanque in lead role along with Djuco Bodjan, Dadu Cissé, Adama Kouyaté and Edna Evora in supportive roles. The film has been shot as an African tale in the forest village of Amanha Lundju. The film received critical acclaim and won several awards at international film festivals.

Cast

* Dulceneia Bidjanque as Luana * Djuco Bodjan as N'te * Dadu Cissé as Puntcha * Edna Evora as Sally * Bia Gomes as Antonia * Adama Kouyaté as Calacalado * Ramiro Naka as Dou

International screenings

* France – May 1996 (Cannes Film Festival) * Argentina – 8 November 1996 (Mar del Plata Film Festival) * France – 13 November 1996 * Portugal – 31 July 1998 * USA – 30 April 1999 (New York African Film Festival) * Czech Republic – 25 January 2004 (Febio Film Festival)

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0117352
''Po di Sangui''
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