Vitório, a 35-year-old soldier, is discharged from the Army after stepping on a landmine and losing his leg. Returning to Luanda a hero after 20 years of fighting, he finds himself destitute in a city still littered with memories of the war. Forced to live on the streets while searching for a job, he dreams of having a family of his own as others search for loved-ones lost to decades of violence. One night while sleeping he is robbed of his prosthetic leg and his war medal. While waiting at the hospital for a replacement limb, he meets Joana, a flirtatious schoolteacher who has connections with the government. Vitório begins to believe that his dreams may have come true. Gamboa's film is a subtle exploration of the tormented social and economic political situation in a country ravaged by a war where some 70,000 people are believed to have lost limbs as a result of landmine explosions, while many more have lost homes and families. (1:37:00 min.)
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Filmography: Mopiopio, Breath of Angola (91), Dissidence (98), Burned by Blue (99).

Showtimes:
20-02-2005 | 2PM | B2
21-02-2005 | 6PM | B2