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UDJU AZUL DI YONTA - THE BLUE EYES OF YONTA

A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents, Vicente, a hero of the war of independence.
Vicente is unaware of her passion as she is of the love of a young man who sends her anonymous love letters.
An endearing, moving story, whose real hero is the city of Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau.

Awards
Silver Alexander - Salonica Film Festival, Best Actress (Maysa Marta)
Ouagadougou Film Festival, Prize of the Public - Wurzburg Festival

Festivals
Cannes 1992, London, Chicago, Dublin, Goteborg, Salonica, Belfort, Rotterdam,
Cairo, Viennale

Feature Film
Comedy
119'
Colour
35 mm available in Betacam

Title
The Blue Eyes of Yonta, 1992
"Os Olhos Azuis de Yonta"

Director
Flora Gomes

Production
Paulo de Sousa; Vermedia

Cast
Maysa Marta
António Simão Mendes
Mohamed Lamine Seidi