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Shooting on 16mm film in Mozambique, director Ico Costa explores the textures of human behaviour as he follows young men who wonder what lies beyond their immediate surroundings. In the fragments of conversations captured in the Maputo market, a recording studio and on coconut trees, we find daily routines and tedium lead to chit-chat on desire, money and hope. In the interplay between performance and document, poetry emerges from fleeting everyday moments.

22m2017TMDb 7.2

Swahili

Crew and Cast

Storyline

Shooting on 16mm film in Mozambique, director Ico Costa explores the textures of human behaviour as he follows young men who wonder what lies beyond their immediate surroundings. In the fragments of conversations captured in the Maputo market, a recording studio and on coconut trees, we find daily routines and tedium lead to chit-chat on desire, money and hope. In the interplay between performance and document, poetry emerges from fleeting everyday moments.

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Info

Original title
Nyo vweta Nafta
Status
Released
Released
25 January 2017
Runtime
22m
TMDB score
7.2 / 10 (4 votes)

Production

Director
Ico Costa
Writers
Ico Costa
Studios
Portuguese film agency
Countries
Mozambique, Portugal

Languages

Original
Swahili
Spoken
Afrikaans, Portuguese