BaĂa de Luanda
Synopsis
PĂ©rola (39 years), a female lawyer, return to Angola, for her younger sisterÂŽs âAlambamentoâ (traditional Angolan ceremony where dowries and promises are exchanged between a couple) more than 20 years living abroad. On coming back, she realises that she does not fit in that environment anymore. The world that saw her come to life is now uncomfortable. In the beginning, she remains apart, watching all her parents do and say in a judgmental way, but as the party unfolds, PĂ©rola starts to see the beauty of the place. That land and itÂŽs People reveal a charm that she was not expecting and suddenly she understands that all her loneliness and emptiness she has felt all those years was only her home beckoning her back.
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