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Light Drops

O Gotejar da Luz

2002

A boy growing up in a remote frontier village in colonial Mozambique, the son of Portuguese settlers, shares a close bond with a local girl — until the violence of the independence war shatters his world. A tender, elegiac drama.

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Part of 5 Movies Set in or About Mozambique

This film is stop 3 of 5 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about Mozambique. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

This outside view can stamp Mozambique in the 196 country film challenge.