The Hero (2004 film)

The Hero
French theatrical poster.
Directed by	Zézé Gamboa
Produced by	Fernando Vendrell
Written by	Carla Baptista Pierre-Marie Goulet Fernando Vendrell
Starring	Oumar Makena Diop Milton 'Santo' Coelho Maria Ceiça
Music by	David Linx Diederik Wissels
Cinematography	Mario Masini
Editing by	Anna Ruiz
Release date(s)	May 18, 2004 (2004-05-18) (Cannes) December 7, 2005 (2005-12-07) (France)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Angola France Portugal
Language	Portuguese

The Hero (Portuguese: O Herói) is a film about the life of average Angolans after the Angolan Civil War. The film follows the lives of three individuals; Vitório, a war veteran crippled by a landmine who returns to Luanda, Manu, a young boy searching for his soldier father, and Joana, a teacher who mentors the boy and begins a love affair with Vitório. Directed by Zézé Gamboa, The Hero won the 2005 Sundance World Dramatic Cinema Jury Grand Prize. It is a joint Angolan, Portuguese, French production, but was filmed entirely in Angola.^[1]

References

1. ^ The Hero California Newsreel

External links

• The Hero at the Internet Movie Database