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Virgin Margarida ( Mozambique 2012 )

Color: Fiction, color, 87’

Direction: Licínio Azevedo

Screenplay: Licínio Azevedo and Jacques Akchoti

Director of Photography: Licínio Azevedo

Sound: Gita Cerveira - Branko Neskov

Music: Moreira Chonguiça

Editing: Nadia Ben Rachid

Cast: Sumeia Maculuva Iva Mugalela Hermelinda Cimela João Rosa Mario Ana-Maria Albino

Production: Ebano Multimedia

Synopsis

Virgin Margarida is a dramatic and inspiring elegy to the insurgent spirit of women across nations, histories and cultures.

Réalisateur

Licínio Azevedo was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In 1977, he was invited by filmmaker Rui Guerra to join the National Institute of Cinema (INC) in Mozambique, and soon after embarked on a prolific career as a documentary filmmaker. His feature films are Disobedience and Virgin Margarida.