
Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change. The old land-owning aristocracy is disintegrating. A class of "mulattos" begins to emerge, with a trade-based financial power that threatens the landlords. A new identity arises, a mix of old and new, of African and Portuguese culture, sensual and dynamic. The songs of Cesária Évora follow this inevitable transformation. From the novel by Henrique Teixeira de Sousa.

as Eusébio

as Esmeralda

as Nha Mariquinha

as Nha Noca

as Inspector

as Carneiro

as Father Vitorio

as Nha Caela

as Alberto

as Belinha

as Soila

as Governor

as Alice


as Dr. Vicente

as Anacleto

as Augusto Foleiro

as Chiquinho

as Felisberto

as Frank Peito D'Ouro