The Battle of Tabato
2013 · Movie · 79 min. · Guinea-Bissau
Fatu’s father has returned home to Guinea-Bissau from Portugal to attend her wedding. The young woman teaches at the university and her future husband is a well-known musician. Their wedding is supposed to take place in Tabatô, a village where everyone makes music. On the way there, it becomes apparent that the father is seriously traumatised by his experiences as a soldier in the colonial war decades earlier.
Direction João Viana
Cast Fatu Djebaté · Mutar Djebeté · Mamadou Baio
Soundtrack Pedro Carneiro
Screenplay João Viana
Cinematography Mario Miranda
Original title A Batalha de Tabatô (The Battle of Tabato)
4.9
22 votes (FilmAffinity)
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