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Mãe Fátima

This documentary follows a 70 years old, Angolan nurse on a nearly impossible humanitarian mission into her home country. In a southern region that was specially affected by the long lasting, recent civil war, the local hospital has to be restructured. At this place where accidental death, poverty and lack of hygiene continue to be a part of people's daily life, the subversive presence of mystical forces seem to reinvent the meaning of life.

1h 20m2009

Portuguese

Crew and Cast

Storyline

This documentary follows a 70 years old, Angolan nurse on a nearly impossible humanitarian mission into her home country. In a southern region that was specially affected by the long lasting, recent civil war, the local hospital has to be restructured. At this place where accidental death, poverty and lack of hygiene continue to be a part of people's daily life, the subversive presence of mystical forces seem to reinvent the meaning of life.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
17 October 2009
Runtime
1h 20m

Production

Studios
C.R.I.M. Produções
Countries
Angola, Portugal

Languages

Original
Portuguese
Spoken
Portuguese