OUR LADY OF THE CHINESE SHOP
Original title: Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês
by Ery Claver
Angola, 2022, 98′
UK premiere
Screenings BFI LFF 2022:
Saturday 8 October, 12:15, Picturehouse Central 4 (press & industry screening)
Wednesday 12 October, 20:40, BFI Southbank NFT3
Thursday 13 October, 15:45, ICA Screen 1
Sunday 16 October, 15:30, Curzon Soho Cinema Screen 3
Synopsis
When a chinese merchant brings to a neighbourhood of Luanda a peculiar holy plastic figure of Our Lady, a mourning mother will seek peace, a committed barber starts a new cult and a stray kid will look for revenge for his lost friend. This bizarre urban tale will reveal a family and city facade full of resentment, greed and torment.
Credits
Written and directed by: Ery Claver
Producer: Jorge Cohen
Director of photography: Eduardo Kropotkine
Art direction: Prudênciana Hach
Editor: Zeno Monyak
Sound engineer: Oswald Juliana
Assistant director: Kamy Lara
Camera assistant: Alfredo Tino
Executive producers: Sílvio Nascimento, Elias Ribeiro
Production director: Rossana David
Narração: Meili Li
Mandarin translation: Xinyi Li
Main cast: Cláudia Púcuta, David Caracol, Willi Ribeiro