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Our Lady of the Chinese Shop

Name: Our Lady of the Chinese Shop
Released: 2022

Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês

2022

When a Chinese merchant brings a peculiar plastic figurine of Our Lady into a Luanda neighborhood, its arrival stirs very different hopes: a grieving mother seeks solace, a barber founds a new cult, and a street kid nurses thoughts of revenge. A satirical mosaic of faith and longing.

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Part of 7 Essential Films from Angola

This film is stop 3 of 7 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Angola. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Angola in the 196 country film challenge.