Tommy Guns (2022)
3.9 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 59min
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- Synopsis:
Angolan-Portuguese director Carlos Conceição's audacious and enigmatic Tommy Guns invokes the ghosts of Angola's colonial past while embracing the symbolic power of genre filmmaking. The story begins in 1974, just one year before the country's independence from decades of Portuguese rule. Wealthy colonists are fleeing the country as Angolan revolutionaries gradually claim their land back. A tribal girl discovers love and danger when her path crosses that of a Portuguese soldier. Another group of soldiers, completely cut off from the outside world, blindly follow the brutal orders of their commander in the name of serving their country. But nothing stays fixed in this genre-shifting cinematic puzzle, which playfully swerves from art house drama to war film to zombie flick to escape thriller with exhilarating control. Winner of Best European Film and the Youth Jury Award at the Locarno Film Festival, 'Tommy Guns' has elicited comparisons to the work of Claire Denis, Miguel Gomes, and even M. Night Shyamalan, and announces a bold and exciting new voice in Portuguese and Angolan filmmaking. - Actors:
- João Arrais, Anabela Moreira, Gustavo Sumpta, Leonor Silveira, Miguel Amorim, Ivo Arroja, André Cabral, João Cachola, Vicente Gil, Diogo Nobre, Ulé Baldé, Sílvio Vieira, Meirinho Mendes, Agostinho Candongo, Madaleno Cape, Djucu Dabo, Milagre Janeth de Jesus, Silvio Domingos, Angelina Gonga, Niquelson Guerra
- Directors:
- Carlos Conceição
- Producers:
- Tiago Hespanha, Luisa Homem, João Matos, Susana Nobre, Leonor Noivo, Pedro Pinho
- Writers:
- Carlos Conceição
- Aka:
- Nação Valente
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Horror
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