The Battle of Tabato ( A batalha de Tabatô )

The Battle of Tabato (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: A batalha de Tabatô
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Multi-lingual ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
83 min + 43 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
João Viana

Written By:
João Viana

Actors:
Mamadu Baio ..... Mamadu
Fatu Djebaté ..... Fatu
Imutar Djebaté ..... Imutar

Synopsis:

***ATTENTION***Mandinque audio with English, French & Portuguese subtitles***The father has returned home to Guinea-Bissau from Portugal to attend his daughter's wedding. It is supposed to take place in Tabatô, a village where everyone makes music. On the way there, it becomes apparent that the father is seriously traumatised by his experiences as a soldier in the colonial war decades earlier. When the father finally fights his demons and the village musicians seek to banish them by playing on their balafons, it becomes a battle of war versus peace and past versus future. This visually fascinating film incorporates many documentary elements into its story.

Angolan-born Portuguese multihyphenate Joao Viana crafts an opaque, heavy-handed metaphor for Guineau-Bissau's injured spirit in his feature helming debut, "The Battle of Tabato."

Tragedy strikes after a man (Imutar Djebaté) returns from exile on the eve of his daughter's (Fatu Djebaté) wedding.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 23 September, 2015.

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