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A happy report about a country ravaged by civil war. The effervescent Brazilian look of Berliner validates itself in the very opening images. To an infectious rhythm, close-ups of feet race past and in hardly a minute, the importance of music, the threat of violence (soldiers boots) and the results of war (one foot with two crutches on the other side) are touched on. A schoolboy obediently rattling off his lesson provides the historical setting, after which the actual documentary starts and, in a rapid tempo, the viewer is initiated into the world of kizombas, musseques, candongas, Mucubaus and bungulaus. The information given sometimes suffers from excessive editing and the all to emphatic design, but there is fortunately room for modesty as well. A splendid scene in the village square proves that a melancholic song needs no more than three shy singing voices and an incomplete guitar that can also be used as a drum.
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André Nientied
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Text, script: Sandra Kogut, Aquille Lollo, Roberto Verliner, Camera: Gustavo Hadba, Editing: Sandra Kogut, Sergio Mehler, Roberto Berliner, Sound: Robson Maya, Music: João Barone, Sound editing: Sergio Mehler, Production: Luis Antonio Silveira/Cidadela and Anteve Production
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