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The Island of Contenda

O Ilhéu da Contenda

1995

On a Cape Verdean island, an old landowning order gives way to change as families and a whole way of life confront the pressures of a new era. An early feature of the nation's cinema.

Part of 2 Essential Films from Cabo Verde

This film is stop 2 of 2 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Cabo Verde. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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