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Sleepwalking Land (Terra Sonambula)
Directed by: Teresa Prata
Cast: Nick Lauro Teresa, Aladino Jasse, Helio Fumo
Running Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Plot: A boy with no memory, and the man who found him travel around Mozambique as refugees searching for food. Muidinga (Teresa) finds a journal belonging to Kindzu (Fumo) which he hopes will lead him to his forgotten family.
Who’S It For? Mature fans of international cinema. Though the film stars a child it definitely isn’t for kids.
Overall
Sleepwalking Land defies easy description. A unique film that blends magical realism with a gritty narrative, it’s the story of Muidinga, a child who lost his memory after a serious illness and Tuahir (Jasse), the man who found and saved him. The opening scenes resemble the recent film The Road as the two wander down a path, hiding from a...
Sleepwalking Land (Terra Sonambula)
Directed by: Teresa Prata
Cast: Nick Lauro Teresa, Aladino Jasse, Helio Fumo
Running Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Plot: A boy with no memory, and the man who found him travel around Mozambique as refugees searching for food. Muidinga (Teresa) finds a journal belonging to Kindzu (Fumo) which he hopes will lead him to his forgotten family.
Who’S It For? Mature fans of international cinema. Though the film stars a child it definitely isn’t for kids.
Overall
Sleepwalking Land defies easy description. A unique film that blends magical realism with a gritty narrative, it’s the story of Muidinga, a child who lost his memory after a serious illness and Tuahir (Jasse), the man who found and saved him. The opening scenes resemble the recent film The Road as the two wander down a path, hiding from a...
- 12/18/2009
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
Sleepwalking Land (Terra Sonâmbula) is a vividly real film that tells a somewhat surreal story about life in Mozambique. The film is directed by Portuguese filmmaker Teresa Prata, based on the increasingly popular and well-respected 1992 novel of the same name by author Mia Couto. This is a movie deserving of a larger audience than it has currently been receiving, screened primarily at international film festivals.
Prata spent seven years making Sleepwalking Land, a feat that demands acknowledgment. The story is that of a young African boy named Muidinga, a name given to him by an elderly man named Tuihir (Aladino Jasse) who claims to have rescued Muindinga from his village before the armed bandits that plague the rural African landscape could capture or kill him. Muidinga (Nick Lauro Teresa) suffers memory loss as a result of eating spoiled yam root, so he’s naturally curious about his past.
As Muidinga and Uncle Tuihir,...
Prata spent seven years making Sleepwalking Land, a feat that demands acknowledgment. The story is that of a young African boy named Muidinga, a name given to him by an elderly man named Tuihir (Aladino Jasse) who claims to have rescued Muindinga from his village before the armed bandits that plague the rural African landscape could capture or kill him. Muidinga (Nick Lauro Teresa) suffers memory loss as a result of eating spoiled yam root, so he’s naturally curious about his past.
As Muidinga and Uncle Tuihir,...
- 11/12/2009
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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