The read
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. His wife goes from a prison station to another, trying in vain to find out where he is.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Sarah MaldororDirector
- Maurice PonsScreenplay
- Mário Pinto de AndradeWriter
- Claude AgostiniScreenplay
Cast
- Elisa AndradeMaria
- Domingos de OliveiraDomingos
- Jean M'VondoPetelo
- Dino AbelinoZito
- Benoît MoutsilaChico
- TalagongoMiguel
- Lopes RodriguesMussunda
- Henriette MeyaBébiana
- Manuel VideiraPIDE Agent
- Ana WilsonNarrator (voice)
Stills
Themes
africacolonialismwoman directorangolapanafricanismliberation war