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Nha Mila

2020 · 19 min

A quiet, intimate stopover that drifts between past and present, carrying a gentle ache of homecoming and loss.

Directed by: Denise Fernandes
Genres: Drama
Starring: Yaya Correia, Maria Sanches, Cleo Diára

Overview: After fourteen years away from her homeland, Salomé is forced to return to Cape Verde to see her dying brother. During her stopover at Lisbon airport, Águeda, a cleaning lady, recognizes Salomé as "Mila", her childhood friend. Águeda invites Salomé to leave the airport and spend the stopover at her home, with the women of her family. The neighborhood transports her on a spiritual journey, whose destination reveals a painful bond with her homeland.

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Directed by: Denise Fernandes
Genres: Drama
Starring: Yaya Correia, Maria Sanches, Cleo Diára

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
isolation
friendship
family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Denise Fernandes
Written by: Denise Fernandes
Starring: Yaya Correia, Maria Sanches, Cleo Diára, Lourença Semedo
Cinematography: Marta Simões
Runtime: 19 min
Country: Portugal, Switzerland
Languages: Portuguese

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