The story of a woman who searches for her husband while the war is raging and has to struggle hard for a living when peace finally arrives. In the desolated land underlying subplot is the history of a people, of Guinea Bissau, trying to gain its
independence.
Awards
Critics week - Venice Film Festival - Best First Film - Festival of Ouagadougou
Price for the best feature film, in Fespaco
Feature Film
Drama
85'
Creole Spoken
Colour
35 mm available in Betacam
Title
Those Whom Death Refuses, 1988 "Mortu Nega"
Director
Flora Gomes
Production
Instituto Nacional do Cinema da Guiné Bissau, Cooperativa Arco Irís