Nome

 

Guinea-Bissau, 1969. A violent war between the Portuguese colonial army and the guerrillas of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. Nome leaves his village and joins the Maquis resistance group. After years, he will return as a hero, but joy will soon give way to bitterness and cynicism.

 

Sana Na N'Hada's approach is minimal and stylised, but bursting with lyrical splendour and spiritual mystery. Exploring the hopeful, utopian dimension of African revolutionary movements, Nome takes a close look at the seeds of corruption and betrayal that, in retrospect, were always there. Yet despair is never embraced.