
Hollow City
Drama
Overview
A group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the aeroplane, 12-year-old N'Dala decides to leave the group and to reconnoitre the city. The nun then starts her unceasing quest for the missing boy. N'Dala, only carrying a textile bag and a doll made of wire, walks through the busy streets filled with people and traffic. Later he finds the tranquility of the island off the coast, where he meets the old fisherman Antonio, with whom he becomes friends. Not much later, he meets the lively, whimsical Zé, who is a little older than he is. N'Dala starts to experience the city and its inhabitants as increasingly forbidding and he would most like to return to the countryside from whence he came. Then he meets Joka, a fringe figure who persuades him to help with a robbery in exchange for money. With this film, Maria Joao Ganga wanted to provide a realistic sketch of the bitter political situation in Angola. One of her most important motivations ...
Top Cast
João Roldan
João Roldan
N'dala
João Roldan
N'dala
Domingos Fernandes Fonseca
Domingos Fernandes Fonseca
Zè
Domingos Fernandes Fonseca
Zè
Júlia Botelho
Júlia Botelho
Rosita
Júlia Botelho
Rosita


Ana Bustorff
Ana Bustorff
Religiosa
Ana Bustorff
Religiosa


Raúl Rosário
Raúl Rosário
Joka
Raúl Rosário
Joka
Custodio Francisco
Custodio Francisco
Pescador
Custodio Francisco
Pescador
Carlão Machado
Carlão Machado
Nandão
Carlão Machado
Nandão
Pulquéria Bastos
Pulquéria Bastos
Professora
Pulquéria Bastos
Professora
Edson K. de Almeida
Edson K. de Almeida
Nosa Luta
Edson K. de Almeida
Nosa Luta
Lisandra Pita
Lisandra Pita
Socorrista
Lisandra Pita
Socorrista
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