| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (119 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Anabela Moreira, Gustavo Sumpta, João Arrais |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2022. |
| Summary |
Angolan-Portuguese director Carlos Conceição’s audacious and enigmatic TOMMY GUNS invokes the ghosts of Angola’s colonial past while embracing the symbolic power of genre filmmaking. The story begins in 1974, just one year before the country’s independence from decades of Portuguese rule. Wealthy colonists are fleeing the country as Angolan revolutionaries gradually claim their land back. A tribal girl discovers love and danger when her path crosses that of a Portuguese soldier. Another group of soldiers, completely cut off from the outside world, blindly follow the brutal orders of their commander in the name of serving their country. But nothing stays fixed in this genre-shifting cinematic puzzle, which playfully swerves from art house drama to war film to zombie flick to escape thriller with exhilarating control. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
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Foreign films.
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Drama.
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War films.
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Motion pictures.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Conceição, Carlos, film director.
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Moreira, Anabela, actor.
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Sumpta, Gustavo, actor.
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Arrais, João, actor.
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Kino Lorber (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
14322251 Kanopy |
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