Udju azul di Yonta = The blue eyes of Yonta / Paulo De Sousa apresenta ; un filme de Flora Gomes ; guião e diálogos, Flora Gomes, Ina Césaire, David Lang, Manuel Rambout Barcelos ; uma co-produção, Vermedia, Arco-Íris, Eurocreation Production, Rádiotelevisão Portuguesa ; realização, Flora Gomes.

Offers a portrait of the disillusionment of the revolutionary generation in Guinea-Bissau and the vibrant, if unintended, society which developed after independence in 1973. Tells the story of three people so in love with their dreams that they miss the real opportunities which life offers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferreira-Atchutchi, Adriano G. (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Arco Iris (Firm) (Production company)
Eurocreation Production (Production company)
Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (Production company)
Vermedia (Firm) (Production company)
California Newsreel (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Gomes, Flora, 1949- (Film director, Screenwriter)
Marta, Maysa (Actor)
Dias, Pedro (Actor)
Mendes, António Simão (Actor)
Lamine Seidi, Mohamed (Actor)
Gomes, Bia (Actor)
Lang, David (Screenwriter)
Barcelos, Manuel Rambout (Screenwriter)
Césaire, Ina (Screenwriter)
Gentil, Dominique, 1941- (Cinematographer)
Language:Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other)
English
Language of the Original:
Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other)
Language and/or Writing System:
In Criolo with English subtitles.
Published: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [between 2000 and 2009]
Series:Library of African cinema (Videodisc)
Subjects:
Guinea-Bissau > Social conditions > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Social conditions.
Guinea-Bissau.
Motion pictures, African.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Melodrama.
Melodrama > Feature.
Genre:
Drama.
Motion pictures, African.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Melodrama.
Melodrama
Feature.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Blue eyes of Yonta [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Offers a portrait of the disillusionment of the revolutionary generation in Guinea-Bissau and the vibrant, if unintended, society which developed after independence in 1973. Tells the story of three people so in love with their dreams that they miss the real opportunities which life offers.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991.
Copyright at final credits: c1992.
Call Number:PN1995.9.A43 U27 2000z VideoDVD
Credits:Director of photography, Dominique Gentil ; editor, Dominique Páris ; music, Adriano G. Ferreira-Atchutchi.
System Details:Burned DVD (DVD-R) format: this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Cast:
Maysa Marta, Pedro Dias, António Simão Mendes, Mohamed Lamine Seidi, Bia Gomes.