| The Hero | |
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| Directed by | Zézé Gamboa |
| Written by | Carla Baptista Pierre-Marie Goulet Fernando Vendrell |
| Produced by | Fernando Vendrell |
| Starring | Oumar Makena Diop Milton 'Santo' Coelho Maria Ceiça |
| Cinematography | Mario Masini |
| Edited by | Anna Ruiz |
| Music by | David Linx Diederik Wissels |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | Angola France Portugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
The Hero (Portuguese:O Herói;French:Un héros) is a 2004Angolan-Portuguese-French film directed byZézé Gamboa. It was filmed on location in Angola and won the World Dramatic Competition Grand Prize at the 2005Sundance Film Festival.[1]
The Hero follows the intersecting lives of four individuals living in Luanda in the wake of theAngolan Civil War: Vitório, awar veteran crippled by alandmine in search of a job; Manu, a ten year old boy searching for his father four years after his disappearance; Joana, a second-grade teacher who mentors Manu; and Judite/Maria Barbara, a prostitute who begins a romantic relationship with Vitório.
In addition to its Sundance award,The Hero received awards from over twenty-five other film festivals.[2]
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