The Murmuring Coast

The Murmuring Coast

120 mins | Drama | Sept. 10, 2004

During the war of in-dependency Evita moves from Lisbon to Mozambique to marry Luís. She slowly discovers how different and disturbing life is in a country of war and when her husband is send on a military mission she starts to fight loneliness. Over time she finds out more about her husband and Mozambique than she would have imagined in her peaceful European home. Racism, violence, injustice and fatalism make life unbearable...

The Murmuring Coast

120 mins | Drama | Sept. 10, 2004

The Murmuring Coast
During the war of in-dependency Evita moves from Lisbon to Mozambique to marry Luís. She slowly discovers how different and disturbing life is in a country of war and when her husband is send on a military mission she starts to fight loneliness. Over time she finds out more about her husband and Mozambique than she would have imagined in her peaceful European home. Racism, violence, injustice and fatalism make life unbearable...
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Les Films de l'Après-Midi, ZDF/Arte, Filmes do Tejo
Original title A Costa dos Murmúrios
Directors Margarida Cardoso
Writers Lídia Jorge, Cedric Basso, Margarida Cardoso

Cast

Beatriz Batarda

as Evita

Filipe Duarte

as Luís

Adriano Luz

as Jaime Forza Leal

Monica Calle

as Helena, Forza Leal's wife

Luís Sarmento

as Álvaro Sabino

João Ricardo

as Álvaro's friend

Dinarte Branco

as Góis

Sandra Faleiro

as Góis' wife

Bia Gomes

as Rodília

Fernando Luís

as Henrique

José Raposo

as Commander

Custódia Gallego

as Commander's wife

Carla Bolito

as a woman

José Airosa

as blind officer

Patrícia André

as blind officer's wife

Marcello Urgeghe

as officer

João Lagarto

as restaurant boss

Nuria Mencía

as white prostitute

Ângelo Torres

as hotel clerk

Jorge Pinto

as General