The Island of Contenda

Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change. The old land-owning aristocracy is disintegrating. A class of "mulattos" begins to emerge, with a trade-based financial power that threatens the landlords. A new identity arises, a mix of old and new, of African and Portuguese culture, sensual and dynamic. The songs of Cesária Évora follow this inevitable transformation. From the novel by Henrique Teixeira de Sousa.

• Leão LopesDirector
• José FanhaWriter
• Leão LopesWriter

• João LourençoEusébio
• Luísa CruzEsmeralda
• Fernanda AlvesNha Mariquinha
• Cecília GuimarãesNha Noca
• Luís MascarenhasInspector
• José FanhaCarneiro
• Leandro FerreiraFather Vitorio
• Isabel de CastroNha Caela
• Filipe FerrerAlberto
• Teresa MadrugaBelinha
• Betina LopesSoila
• Henrique Espírito SantoGovernor