Underplayed Gems

Tatana (2005)

Tatana poster
Directed by
João Carlos Alves de Vasconcelos Ribeiro
Genre
mystery film
Country
Mozambique
Runtime
14 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A twelve year old boy leaves his grandmother to work in the fields with the men. Strange voices come from the village and the boy discovers the grandmother is summoning the spirits of the dead. She makes him promise not to tell and lets him see his dead father.

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What happens

Tatana es una película del año 2005. Un niño de doce años deja a su abuela como cada mañana para ir a trabajar en el campo con los hombres. Mientras trabajan, oyen extrañas voces venir del pueblo. Mandan al niño a ver qué ocurre y este descubre que la anciana convoca a los espíritus de los muertos. Le hace prometer que nunca se lo contará a nadie, pero acaba por permitirle ver a su padre muerto que le dice que recuerde y ame a los muertos si quiere que sigan con él. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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