The Island of Contenda

The Island of Contenda (original title: O Ilhéu de Contenda)bụ ihe nkiri ejije 1995 nke Leão Lopes duziri.

The Island of Contenda
Directed by	Leão Lopes
Written by	Henrique Teixeira de Sousa José Fanha Leão Lopes
Produced by	Paulo de Sousa
Starring	João Lourenço Camacho Costa Luísa Cruz
Edited by	Denise Vindevogel
Music by	Manuel Paulo Felgueiras
Production companies	Vermédia RTP MBSA Saga Film Instituto Cabo-verdiano de Cinema
Distributed by	Marfilmes
Release date	1996
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Cape Verde
Language	Portuguese

Nkọwa okwu

Cape Verde, 1964. N'ụkwụ nke nnukwu ugwu mgbawa, obodo Cape Verdean ọdịnala na-agbanwe agbanwe. Ọchịchị ochie nke nwere ala na-agbasa. Otu klas nke mulatto na-amalite ịpụta, na-enwe ike ego dabere na ahia nke na-eyi ndị nwe ụlọ egwu. Amụma ọhụrụ na-ebilite, ngwakọta nke ochie na nke ọhụrụ, omenala Africa na Portuguese, anụ ahụ na ike.

Egwu Cesária Évora na-agbaso mgbanwe a na-apụghị izere ezere na ọmarịcha odida obodo nke Fogo, Cape Verde dị ka ọmarịcha.

Nkedo

• João Lourenço - Eusébio
• Camacho Costa - Felisberto
• Luísa Cruz - Esmeralda
• Filipe Ferrer - Alberto
• Betina Lopes - Soila
• Cecília Guimarães - Nha Noca
• Marina Albuquerque
• Henrique Espírito Santo - Governor
• José Fanha - Carneiro
• Laurinda Ferreira - Alice
• Leandro Ferreira - Father Vitório
• Isabel de Castro - Nha Caela
• Teresa Madruga - Beliha
• Luís Mascarenhas - Inspector
• Mano Preto - Chiquinho
• Carlos Rodrigues - Augusto Foleiro
• Horácio Santos - Anacleto
• Diogo Vasconcelos
• Pedro Wilson - Dr. Vicente

Hapụ

E wepụtara ihe nkiri a na 1996 na Cape Verde

Ememme

• Milan Film Festival, Italy (1997)
• Ememme ihe nkiri nke Amiens International, November 10, 1997

• Best Original Score at FESPACO - Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1997)
• First Prize at Festival de Cine Internacional de Ourense, Spain (1997)

Hụkwa

• Leão Lopes
• Cinema of Cape Verde

Njikọ mpụga

• The Island of Contenda na IMDb
• New York Times review
• BFI

Akụkọ akụkọ

• At RTP (Portuguese Broadcasting Network)
• News in Público (article in Portuguese)
• News at 2ª Bienal de Culturas Lusófonas na Malaposta (article in Portuguese)
• 'Ilhéu de Contenda' (article in Portuguese)
• No blog Deambulações (article in Portuguese)