Learning Beyond the Classics
Directed by Carlos Conceição
With João Arrais, Anabela Moreira, Miguel Amorim
Rated R, 119 minutes, DCP
In Portuguese and Nyaneka and English subtitles
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.
Winner of Best European Film and the Youth Jury Award at the Locarno Film Festival, Tommy Guns has elicited comparisons to the work of Claire Denis, Miguel Gomes, and even M. Night Shyamalan, and announces a bold and exciting new voice in Portuguese and Angolan filmmaking.
Free for ND, SMC, HC, and IUSB Students.
Directed by Carlos Conceição
With João Arrais, Anabela Moreira, Miguel Amorim
Rated R, 119 minutes, DCP
In Portuguese and Nyaneka and English subtitles
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.
Winner of Best European Film and the Youth Jury Award at the Locarno Film Festival, Tommy Guns has elicited comparisons to the work of Claire Denis, Miguel Gomes, and even M. Night Shyamalan, and announces a bold and exciting new voice in Portuguese and Angolan filmmaking.
Free for ND, SMC, HC, and IUSB Students.
Co-presented by The David A. Heskin and Marilou Brill Endowment for Excellence, Notre Dame Department of Film, Television, and Theatre.
Event Dates
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 7:30 PM