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O Herói = The hero / David & Golias apresenta una co-producão David & Golias, Gamboa & Gamboa, Les films de l'après midi ; productor, Fernando Vendrell ; argumento e dialogos, Aria Baptista ; realizado por Zézé Gamboa.
LIBRA DVD 017 591
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Veterans--Angola--Drama.
- Social conditions.
- Homeless persons.
- Unemployed.
- Veterans.
- Luanda (Luanda, Angola).
- Unemployed--South Africa--Drama.
- Homeless persons--South Africa--Drama.
- Angola--History.
- Angola.
- History.
- Angola--Social conditions.
- Angola--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Angola--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- South Africa.
- Genre:
- Motion pictures, Portuguese.
- Motion pictures, Angolan.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Hero
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, Ca : California Newsreel, 2005.
- Language Note:
- In Portuguese and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Luanda, capital of Angola, is a huge city trying to cope with and overcome the profound legacy of a civil war that lasted for nealy 30 years. A military soldier Vitorio has just been discharged after almost 20 years of fighting in the war. During his last military assignment he stepped on a land mine and lost a leg. After recuperating, he finds himself alone, unemployed and homeless.
- Participant:
- Oumar Makéna Diop, Milton Coelno, Maria Ceica.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Mario Masini ; editor, Anna Ruiz ; music, David Linx, Diederik Wissels.
- Notes:
- DVD release of 2004 motion picture.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 65468046
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