A film by Teresa Prata

Portuguese, with subtitles in English 
Mozambique, 2007 (97 minutes)

Two wanderers wind their way through scorched countryside encountering fellow travelers, each with their own story...

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Synopsis
Teresa Prata’s feature debut explores both the impact of storytelling and the shape of things in her native Mozambique. The lives of elderly Tuahir (Aladino Jasse) and young Muidinga (Nick Lauro Teresa) intersect when they seek refuge from one of the many gangs of wandering thugs that are a byproduct of the country’s endless civil war. Striking up a friendship, the pair soon comes across the diary of a dead refugee (Helio Fumo), which the young man reads aloud as a way of passing the time. The journal is filled with many all-too-familiar horror stories, but also with some surprising details that give Muidinga an unexpected hope.

As the two wanderers wind their way aimlessly through the scorched countryside, they encounter a broad range of fellow travelers, each with his or her own story to share. Some are stark, some are uplifting and some are just plain bizarre, but all of them speak to the strength of a long-suffering people and the redemptive power of story. Director Teresa Prata split her childhood between Mozambique, Brazil and Portugal and directed several acclaimed shorts before starting work on this “parable for a society struggling to cope with its evisceration.” (Variety)

(In Portuguese; English subtitles.