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Sambizanga

Where:

🇦🇴 Angola

When:

The 1960s

Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. He does not betray his companions, but is beaten to death in prison, and not knowing he is dead, his wife goes from a prison station to another, trying in vain to know where he is.

Released in 1973 — 102 minutes

Genre:

Drama

Languages:

Portuguese Lingala