| The Hero | |
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 French theatrical poster. | |
| Directed by | Zézé Gamboa |
| Written by | Carla Baptista Pierre-Marie Goulet Fernando Vendrell |
| Produced by | Fernando Vendrell |
| Starring | Oumar Makena Diop Milton 'Santo' Coelho Maria Ceiça |
| Cinematography | Mario Masini |
| Edited by | Anna Ruiz |
| Music by | David Linx Diederik Wissels |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | Angola France Portugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
The Hero (Portuguese: O Herói; French: Un héros) is a 2004 Angolan-Portuguese-French film directed by Zézé Gamboa. It was filmed on location in Angola and won the World Dramatic Competition Grand Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
Plot
The Hero follows the intersecting lives of four individuals living in Luanda in the wake of the Angolan Civil War: Vitório, a war veteran crippled by a landmine in search of a job; Manu, a ten year old boy searching for his father four years after his disappearance; Joana, a second-grade teacher who mentors Manu; and Judite/Maria Barbara, a prostitute who begins a romantic relationship with Vitório.
Reception
In addition to its Sundance award, The Hero received awards from over twenty-five other film festivals.
References
- The Hero California Newsreel
- Sabine, Mark (2012). "Rebuilding the Angolan body politic: global and local projections of identity and protest in O Herói/The Hero (Zézé Gamboa, 2004)" (PDF). Journal of African Cinemas. 3 (2): 201–219. doi:10.1386/jac.3.2.201_1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
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