‘Margarida’ is a film by Licinio de Azevedo, writer and director of Brazilian origin and resident in Mozambique since 1977, produced by Ebano Multimedia (Mozambique), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal) and Liaison Cinématographique (France).
"Margarida is a film about destiny," reveals Mr Azevedo, who chose the capital of Mozambique, Maputo, and the district of Sussundenga for the filming of the movie. "I needed a dense forest and a river where people could take a bath," Mr Azebedo told the Mozambican independent weekly ‘Savana’. The film is made in Mozambique, produced by Peter Pepper, coproduced by Ukbar Filmes and Liaison Cinématographique
"Mozambique, 1975. After 500 years of Portuguese colonization, Mozambicans hoist their flag for the first time. It is a moment of great emotion, great expectations, but also a glimpse into their future. The policy changes are not just cosmetic. It is necessary to transmit a new way of seeing life, a new political approach on the country to people living in areas occupied by the colonial powers, which inevitably means a radical change in habits and behaviors, and accept a form of relationship between Mozambique and the world," says Licinio Azevedo.
Among the works by Licinio de Azevedo, ‘A Guerra da Água’ (‘Water War’, Mozambique, 1996), ‘Desobediência’ (‘Disobedience’, Mozambique, 2002), ‘O Grande Bazar’ (‘The Graat Bazaar’, Mozambique, 2005) are seen as key. In addition to having won numerous international awards, he is the founder of the Mozambican producing company Ebano Multimedia.
For its part, the film ‘A república di mininus’, directed by Flora Gomes of Guinea-Bissau, is produced by Filmes do Tejo (Portugal) and Les Films de l’Aprés Midi (France), in collaboration with Ebano Multimedia (Mozambique).
Source: Afrol News