It's one of 20 feature films screening at Fespaco this week; we saw it at the Laff last year. Here's a repost of our review... There are few films that haunt me until I write about them. Some films are meant to be remembered but not necessarily reported on. Today, when I found out that filmmaker Pocas Pascoal’s film, All is Well (Por Aqui Tudo Bem), won Best Narrative Film at the Los Angeles Film Festival following it’s North American premiere last weekend, I knew I had to write about it. The film centers on two teenaged sisters, Alda and Maria (played by Ciomara Morais and Cheila Lima), who flee a war-torn Angola in the 1980’s, seeking exile in Portugal...
- 2/26/2013
- by Nijla Mumin
- ShadowAndAct
Screening Tonight at MoCADA here in Brooklyn, NY is Pocas Pascoal’s film, All is Well (Por Aqui Tudo Bem), which won Best Narrative Film at the Los Angeles Film Festival, following it’s North American premiere there. The film centers on two teenaged sisters, Alda and Maria (played by Ciomara Morais and Cheila Lima), who flee a war-torn Angola in the 1980’s, seeking exile in Portugal, while they await their mother’s arrival. Their stay quickly takes an unexpected turn when their mother’s arrival is delayed, and they struggle to survive on the streets of Lisbon. The subtle, nuanced drama, will...
- 9/13/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
There are few films that haunt me until I write about them. Some films are meant to be remembered but not necessarily reported on. Today, when I found out that filmmaker Pocas Pascoal’s film, All is Well (Por Aqui Tudo Bem), won Best Narrative Film at the Los Angeles Film Festival following it’s North American premiere last weekend, I knew I had to write about it. The film centers on two teenaged sisters, Alda and Maria (played by Ciomara Morais and Cheila Lima), who flee a war-torn Angola in the 1980’s, seeking exile in Portugal while they await their mother’s arrival. Their stay quickly takes an unexpected turn when their mother’s arrival is delayed, and...
- 6/25/2012
- by Nijla Mumin
- ShadowAndAct
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