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Liberdade

Country: Portugal, Language: Portuguese, 16 mins

  • Director: Gabriel Abrantes; Benjamin Crotty
  • Writer: Gabriel Abrantes; Benjamin Crotty
  • Producer: Gabriel Abrantes

CGiii Comment

Filmed in Luanda, Angola, the film follows two young lovers, Liberdade, an Angolan boy, and his Chinese girlfriend, Betty, as they navigate through the complications of their burgeoning identities. Traveling across the urban and natural landscapes of Angola, the couple go from a Chinese karaoke in Shanghai Bahia to the ship graveyard at Santiago beach. Through this voyage, Liberdade and Betty struggle to forge the yet uncreated consciousness of their race.


Trailer...

Liberdade (Excerpt) - 2011 - By Gabriel Abrantes and Benjamin Crotty from Gabriel Abrantes on Vimeo.

Cast & Characters

Joelson Da Silva;
Dadi;
Wang Tian Guo;
Zhou Jian;
Marcio Marcelino;
Ricardo Matias;
Betty Meixue as Betty;
Li Kun Qiong;
Mu Yuan Shuai;
Orlando Sergio;
Wilson Teixeira as Liberdade;
Gu Hong Zhen