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The Hero (2004 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Hero' is a 2004 Angolan-Portuguese-French film directed by Zz Gamboa. It was filmed on location in Angola and won the World Dramatic Competition Grand Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.[http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0173 'The Hero'] California Newsreel
Plot
'The Hero' follows the intersecting lives of four individuals living in Luanda in the wake of the Angolan Civil War: Vitrio, a war veteran crippled by a landmine in search of a job; Manu, a ten year old boy searching for his father four years after his disappearance; Joana, a second-grade teacher who mentors Manu; and Judite/Maria Barbara, a prostitute who begins a romantic relationship with Vitrio.
Reception
In addition to its Sundance award, 'The Hero' received awards from over twenty-five other film festivals.
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