Mozambique / 1997 / 54mins / Drama / Portuguese

The true story of a widow begins after her husband dies; her neighborhood says she is the murderer. This film is about how she survives.

Sol de Carvalho

Sol de Carvalho was born in 1953 in Beira, Mozambique, studied at the Conservatório Nacional de Cinema in Lisbon and worked as a journalist, editor and photographer. Already during his studies in Portugal Sol de Carvalho was a political activist against the Salazar regime. On his return to Mozambique he joined the independence efforts of the FRELIMO and was nominated as the director of the Serviço Nacional da Rádio Moçambique. Starting from 1979 he worked together with Mia Couto and Albino Magaia for the magazine Tempo. In 1986 Sol de Carvalho finally made the decision to become a filmmaker. Since then he's made many films, mainly documentaries and TV movies (A Janela, O Búzio, As Teias da Aranha, etc.). O Jardim do Outro Homem was his first feature-length film. Sol de Carvalho was also a founding member of the production company Ébano, together with Pedro Pimenta and Licínio Azevedo, though he later withdrew from it in order to establish Promarte Production Company in Maputo. His work is socially committed and often deals with taboo subjects such as HIV/AIDS and domestic violence. A strong advocate for participatory processes, he is often times on the road in Mozambique to show his films in villages and to discuss with the people. Learn More