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Virgin Margarida

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Virgin Margarida
Directed byLicínio Azevedo
Written byJacques Akchoti
Licínio Azevedo
Produced byJacques Bidou
Pandora da Cunha Telles
Marianne Dumoulin
Pablo Iraola
Pedro Pimenta
StarringSumeia Maculuva
Hermelinda Cimela
Iva Mugalela
Rosa Mario
CinematographyMario Masini
Edited byNadia Ben Rachid
Music byMoreira Chonguiça
Production
companies
Ebano Multimedia
Fonds Images Afrique du Ministère Français des Affaires Etranges
Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual
JBA
Radiotelevisão Portuguesa Ukbar Filmes
Distributed byMarfilmes
Trigon-film
Release date
  • September 2012 (2012-09) (Toronto)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesMozambique
France
Portugal
LanguagesFrench
Portuguese

Virgin Margarida (theatrically as Virgem Margarida) is a 2012 Portuguese drama film directed by Mozambique director Licínio Azevedo and co-produced by Jacques Bidou, Pandora da Cunha Telles, Marianne Dumoulin, Pablo Iraola and Pedro Pimenta.[1][2] The film stars Sumeia Maculuva with Hermelinda Cimela, Iva Mugalela, and Rosa Mario in supporting roles.[3][4] The film is about Margarida, a sixteen-year-old girl from the countryside who was taken mistakenly during 1975 Mozambique's rebirth to sweep all the prostitutes and bad habits from the streets of Maputo.[5][6][7]

Virgin Margarida premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.[8] The film received critics positive acclaim and screened worldwide.[9][10][11][12][13] In 2012 at the Amiens International Film Festival, the film won the Audience Award for the Best Film. It also won the SIGNIS Award for Special Mention at the same festival. In the same year, the film was nominated for Tanit d'Or award for the Best Film at the Carthage Film Festival. In 2014, actress Rosa Mario won the Andorinha Trophy for the Best Supporting Actress at the Cineport - Portuguese Film Festival.[14]

Cast

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  • Sumeia Maculuva as Margarida
  • Iva Mugalela as Rosa
  • Hermelinda Cimela as Comandante Maria João
  • Rosa Mario as Susana
  • Victor Gonçalves

References

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  1. ^ Mulliken, Douglas (2020-01-02). "Confronting the Silences of History: Licínio Azevedo's Virgem Margarida and Comboio de Sal e Açúcar". Journal of Southern African Studies. 46: 57–71. doi:10.1080/03057070.2020.1711611. S2CID 213800329. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  2. ^ "Virgin Margarida: African Film Festival, Inc". Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  3. ^ ""Virgem Margarida", the insurgent spirit of women: BUALA". www.buala.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  4. ^ "Virgin Margarida: Film, Trailer, Kritik". www.kino-zeit.de. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  5. ^ "Virgem Margarida". trigon-film.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  6. ^ "Virgin Margarida (Virgem Margarida)". FILM AFRICA 2020. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  7. ^ "Virgin Margarida". africasacountry.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  8. ^ Duhamel, Marie-Pierre (12 September 2012). "TIFF 2012. Toronto Notes: Licinio Azevedo's "Virgin Margarida"". Mubi. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Virgem Margarida / Virgin Margarida « Favourites Film Festival". Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  10. ^ "MARFILMES". www.marfilmes.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  11. ^ "Festival gem: Virgin Margarida". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  12. ^ "Virgin Margarida (Virgem Margarida): Film - The Guardian". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  13. ^ "Virgin Margarida". Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  14. ^ "Virgem Margarida -accolades". Retrieved 2021-10-02.
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