![]() In the past two months, the film has won the international FIPRESCI award for the best film in competition at the recent Kerala film festival, and an award for best director at the lesser known Pune film festival. "Sleepwalking land." is one of the most interesting and realistic films on Africa. Today her interesting movie adaptation is helping publicize Mia Couto's writing even further and is bringing global attention to both the Mozambican and the Portuguese cinema. ![]() The young lady grabbed the opportunity to shoot the film in Mozambique and do the special effects in Portugal. It was indeed a work screaming to be captured on celluloid with the help of special effects and convincing local acting talent. Extracts translated into English that I read indicate a remarkable, powerful literary work, falling within the realm of magical realism. The novel is now widely recognized as one of the finest literary works from and on Africa in recent years. The movie is evidently Ms Prata's labor of love after she spotted a goldmine in Mia Couto's Portuguese novel "Sleepwalking land" published in 1992. ![]() ![]() Not many film-goers may be aware of Portuguese director Teresa Prata's "Sleepwalking land." A film that took Ms Prata 7 years to complete, it is yet to be extensively screened beyond the international film festival circuit. ![]()
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