Movies: Mia Couto

Documentary about the Portuguese language, and people who speak it around the world....

In 1995, during the Angolan civil war, Nayola sets out in search of her missing husband....

A digressive quest, through conversations with various people, about the need humanity has always had to tell stories about itself, about the power and enchantment of fiction....

Mwanito has lived for eight years in a remote place, surrounded by raw nature. The only people he knows are his father, his brother, an uncle and a servant. They tell him that the world out there is dead and they are waiting for an apology from God....

Adaptation of Mia Couto's novel "A River Called Time, A House Called Earth." When the gravedigger's shovel tried to dig into the ground to cover Dito Mariano's grave, it hit a surface as hard as steel. A storm broke out in the sky and a sense of awe ...

A hug movie, for the biggest storyteller in Latin America....

In the midst of Mozambique's devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. His only companion is an elderly storyteller, and the only guide to finding his mother is a dead man's diary. This tra...

Azarias is a young orphan shepherd, keeper of a herd of oxen, where the ox Mabata Bata stands out. The oxen will be the basis of the "lobolo" payment, a traditional dowry that his uncle Raul must pay for his own marriage. Azarias’ dream is to be a n...

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A story of love, lust and black magic, in a little vilage of Mozambique...

A documentary overview on the life and work of the writer Mia Couto....

Tizangara, Mozambique. After the peace agreement. A mystery. UN soldiers exploding. An investigation is begun and Massimo is appointed to solve the mystery. Joaquim will have to translate, not only the words but the facts, in order for him to underst...

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Maria Bethânia takes her poetic narrative to Mozambique for the first time. The interpreter presents excerpts of works connected by different forms of expression in the Portuguese language. With testimonies from Mia Couto, José Agualusa and several M...