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Brazil, Portugal / Fiction / HD / 90'

Muanza is a woman born in the Kingdom of Kongo and trafficked to Brazil in the 19th century. Waking up nowdays, she finds herself in a time- twisting Rio de Janeiro. Figures from the past and from the present come into her search for her roots across the city’s territory. A portrait of the experiences and struggles that create community and sisterhood.

Featuring: Lucília Raimundo, Samira Carvalho, Maria D'Aires, Mãe Celina de Xangô


Director: Julia De Simone

Script: Aline Portugal, Julia De Simone, Mariana Luiza

Cinematography: Flávio Rebouças

Set: Ana Paula Cardoso

Costume designer: Diana Moreira

Sound: Marina D’Ávila

AD: Débora de Oliveira, Marianne Macedo Martins

Editing: Ricardo Pretti

Music: Marco Scarassati 

Production Manager: Sabrina Bitencourt

Producer: Luana Melgaço, Julia De Simone, Filipa Reis

Executive Producer: Fernanda Vidigal, Joana Vaz da Silva, Luana Melgaço, Vanessa Santos


Produced by:
Luana Melgaço (Anavilhana), Julia De Simone (Mirada Filmes), Filipa Reis (Uma Pedra no Sapato)

Funded by: FSA, ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Hubert Bals Fund, World Cinema Fund, RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Original Language:
Portuguese, Kikongo, Kimbundo


World Sales: Urtiga

Distribution Portugal: Urtiga

Distribution Brazil: Olhar Distribuidora

Poster_Praia Formosa
Design: Rui Guerra

Festivals and Awards

International Film Festival Rotterdam

Tiger Competition (NL 01.2024)


Festival International de Films de Femme de Créteil

Fiction Competition (FR 03.2024)

Olhar de Cinema - Curitiba International Film Festival

Brasilian Competition (BR 06.2024)
Best Director of Photography

Best Art Direction

CineBh International Film Festival
Mostra Continente (BR 09.2024)


BFI London Film Festival
Dare Competition (UK 10.2024)


Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
International Competition (CA 10.2024)

Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo

Mostra Brasil (BR 10.2024)


Transcultural Arts Production Series
(NO 10.2024)

22 Festival de Sevilla

New Waves (ISP 11.2024)


International Film Festival of Kerala

World Cinema (IN 12.2024)

Santo Domingo Cine Global Film Festival
(DO 01.25)


FEMINA 2025

National Competition (BR 03.2025)

Best Film

Cinema de Femmes d'Amerique du Sud
(DE 03.2025)

Film Fest Bremen
Gateways to the world (GM 03.2025)

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