Sleepwalking Land (film)
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Directed byTeresa Prata
Screenplay byTeresa Prata (based on the eponymous novel by Mia Couto)
Produced byFilmes de Fundo, Ebano Multimedia, ICAM, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), ZDF Arte
StarringNick Lauro Teresa, Aldino José, Hélio Fumo, Ilda Gonzalez, Laura Soveral
| Sleepwalking Land | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Teresa Prata |
| Screenplay by | Teresa Prata (based on the eponymous novel by Mia Couto) |
| Produced by | Filmes de Fundo, Ebano Multimedia, ICAM, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), ZDF Arte |
| Starring | Nick Lauro Teresa, Aldino José, Hélio Fumo, Ilda Gonzalez, Laura Soveral |
| Cinematography | Dominique Gentil |
| Edited by | Paulo Ebelo, Jacques Witta |
| Music by | Alex Goretzki |
Release date |
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Running time | 103' |
| Countries | Germany Mozambique Portugal |
Sleepwalking Land is a 2007 film based on the eponymous novel by Mia Couto. The film took its director Teresa Prata seven years to complete.[1]
In Mozambique, the civil war causes devastation among the population. Amongst this chaos, young Muidinga dreams of finding his family. One day, he finds a diary on a lifeless body in a gunned-down bus;[2] it speaks of a woman searching for her son. Convinced that he's the missing son, Muidinga decides to find her. On his journey he's accompanied by an old man, Tuahir, always ready to tell a tale. Their journey is a battle, and turns them into somnambulists in a country devastated by war.
