Summary It has always been a firm conviction of the family that any woman who sings, will die. Now, while a girl is in France she becomes an international star. She realises that sooner rather than later her mother in Africa will learn that she sings. To solve this dilemma she goes back to her native village and arranges her own funeral, albeit with instantaneous rebirth. She is lying in the coffin while all invited guest form a queue and pass the coffin one by one. When she needs go to the toilet a boy will take her place. And then one of the guests says: How different she looks after having died. Is this an allusion to Bergman's movie "Now About These Women"? View more details
Directed : Flora Gomes
Written : Flora Gomes Franck Moisnard
Stars : Fatou N'Diaye Bia Gomes Jean-Christophe Dollé Ângelo Torres
Genres : Comedy Drama Romance Musical
Release date : May 24, 2003
Countries of origin : France Luxembourg Portugal Cape Verde
Official sites : Samsa Film
Language : Kabuverdianu
Production companies : Samsa Film Fado Filmes Les Films de Mai
Summary It has always been a firm conviction of the family that any woman who sings, will die. Now, while a girl is in France she becomes an international star. She realises that sooner rather than later her mother in Africa will learn that she sings. To solve this dilemma she goes back to her native village and arranges her own funeral, albeit with instantaneous rebirth. She is lying in the coffin while all invited guest form a queue and pass the coffin one by one. When she needs go to the toilet a boy will take her place. And then one of the guests says: How different she looks after having died. Is this an allusion to Bergman's movie "Now About These Women"? View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama Romance Musical
Release date : May 24, 2003
Countries of origin : France Luxembourg Portugal Cape Verde
Official sites : Samsa Film
Language : Kabuverdianu
Production companies : Samsa Film Fado Filmes Les Films de Mai
