Granma Nineteen and the Soviet's Secret

Directed by João Ribeiro

With Dmitry Bogomolov, Adelino Branquinho, Anabela Adrianopolos, Buanamade Amade and Cândida Bila

In a small coastal African village, Jaki lives, in a house full of cousins ruled with an iron fist by grandmother Agnette and haunted by the mysterious figure of Grandmother Catarina. The life of the neighbourhood revolves around the construction of a Mausoleum for a deceased President that threatens to demolish the local residents’ houses. “Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret” is an adaptation of Ondjaki's novel.