Angola / 2022 / 98mins / Drama and Magic Realism / Portuguese, English and Chinese

When a Chinese merchant brings to a neighborhood of Luanda a peculiar holy plastic figure of Our Lady, a mourning mother seeks peace, a committed barber starts a new cult, and a stray kid looks for revenge for his lost friend. This delicate urban tale reveals a family and city full of resentment, greed, and torment.

Ery Cleaver

Ery Claver is one of the most versatile filmmakers in Angola. He began his career as a cameraman, working on numerous television programs and documentaries. In 2013 he joined the collective Geração 80 and deepened his style as Director of Photography working on the short films Concrete Affection - Zopo Lady (2014), and Havemos de Voltar (2017), both directed by Kiluanji Kia Henda. As a director he has signed several short films, most notably Lucy in the Sky with Traffic Lights (2018) in partnership with Gretel Marín and Enóquio que não tinha coração (2020) in partnership with his brother, Evan Clever. Ery has had his work screened at several international festivals, most notably the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, in France, VIDEOEX - International Experimental Film and Video Festival, in Zurich, and FCAT - African Film Festival, in the cities of Tarifa and Tangier. In 2019, Ery went on to co-write and do the direction of photography of the award winning Angolan film Air Conditioner, directed by Fradique. Recently he just finished directing his first feature film Our Lady of the Chinese Shop. Learn More