WINDHOEK– AfricAvenir presents the screening of the Angolan film, The Great Kilapy at the Goethe-Centre next Saturday.
Great Kilapy is the story of a crooked but irresistible bon vivant who, on the eve of Angolan independence in 1975, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration. Inspired by a real figure, Director Zézé Gamboa’s decade-spanning historical drama is a refreshing take on the national liberation story, and turns its conventions upside down with elegance and humour. Gamboa offers a witty and compelling portrait of the last decade of Portuguese rule in Angola, and incisively depicts the world of wealth, glamour and insouciance in which the elite class moves against the background of the colonial regime’s collapse. “Entertaining, Gripping, Educative, Great Acting and a Great Deal for Global Cinema,” says Hans-Christian Mahnke, Director of AfricAvenir Namibia.
The film is colourful and charming, featuring an authentic soundtrack of the country’s rich Angolan music from the 1970s. The Great Kilapy is a vivid testament to the vitality of cinema from Africa. The screening will start at seven O’clock (19h00) and screening is free.