The Battle of Tabato

A quiet, unhurried journey through music and memory, where a family celebration is shadowed by a war that never really ended.

Directed by

João Viana

Genres

Drama

Starring

Mamadu Baio, Fatu Djebaté, Imutar Djebaté

Overview

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.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Trauma, family, memory, war

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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