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What Makes Quim Run?

Jan 1, 1991
0h 22m
★ 5.7

Overview

A young jet pilot fighter Quim has great difficulty accepting that his recently born child is disabled. His mother advises him to see a witch doctor, but Quim refuses. Instead he looks for his former mistress Djamila. His mind is completely confused and he no longer can distinguish reality from fantasy. A metaphor of Angola after its independence.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Laboratório Nacional de Cinema (LNC)

Cast

Alfonso William Malheiros

Quim

Alfonso William Malheiros

Maria-João Swart

Djamila

Maria-João Swart

Sandra Pitra

Suzana

Sandra Pitra

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