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Nayola

Directed by José Miguel Ribeiro
Portugal, Belgium, France, Netherlands
2022
90 mins

Angola. Three generations of women in a 25-year-long civil war: Lelena (the grandmother), Nayola (the daughter), and Yara (the granddaughter).

Past and present interlace. Nayola goes in search of her missing husband at the height of the war. Decades later, the country is finally at peace, but Nayola has not returned. Yara has become a rebellious teenager and a subversive rap singer. Lelena tries to contain her for fear of the police coming to arrest her.

One night, a masked intruder breaks into their house, armed with a machete. An encounter like nothing they could have imagined...

  • Year
    2022
  • Country
    Portugal, Belgium, France, Netherlands
  • Language
    Portuguese
  • Director
    José Miguel Ribeiro
  • Writer
    Virgílio Almei­da
  • Cinematographer
    José Miguel Ribeiro
  • Genre
    Drama, Social Issues
  • Theme
    Drama, Jordan Ressler First Feature Award, Social issues

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