The Island of Contenda

The Island of Contenda (1999)

July 9th, 19991h 50min

Drama
58%

Overview

Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change. The old land-owning aristocracy is disintegrating. A class of "mulattos" begins to emerge, with a trade-based financial power that threatens the landlords. A new identity arises, a mix of old and new, of African and Portuguese culture, sensual and dynamic. The songs of Cesária Évora follow this inevitable transformation. From the novel by Henrique Teixeira de Sousa.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Two-Man Submarine

Two-Man Submarine


Released on: 1944-03-16
Action, Drama, War

Medical researchers Jerry Evans and Walt Hedges are assigned by a pharmaceutical company to work at ...

The Light

The Light


Released on: 2004-11-03
Drama

Camille arrives in Ouessant, the island of her birth off the Brittany coast, to sell the family home...

Contrainte par corps

Contrainte par corps


Released on: 1988-06-29
Drama

A young Frenchwoman Claire, resting with her friend on an island in the Mediterranean Sea, becoms th...

The Adorable Savage

The Adorable Savage


Released on: 1920-08-06
Drama, Romance

Marama Thurston leaves her fashionable boarding school in America when her ailing father Jim Thursto...

Dangerous Paradise

Dangerous Paradise


Released on: 1930-02-13
Crime, Drama, Music, Romance

Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger...

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis


Released on: 2022-05-09
Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

Seeking refuge on an island in Upstate New York, a married couple's final attempt to salvage their f...

No Escape

No Escape


Released on: 1994-04-29
Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesom...

Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz


Released on: 1979-06-22
Drama, Thriller

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security...

I Go Further Under

I Go Further Under


Released on: 2018-06-01
Drama

I Go Further Under is inspired by the true story of Jane Cooper who, in 1971, at 17 years of age, ar...

Bad Lucky Goat

Bad Lucky Goat


Released on: 2017-03-10
Drama, Comedy

After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father’s pick-up truck, two incompatible siblin...

The Quest

The Quest


Released on: 1996-04-19
Action, Adventure, Drama

Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the...

The Isle

The Isle


Released on: 2000-04-22
Drama, Thriller

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food...

Hunting Time

Hunting Time


Released on: 1988-01-01
Drama

During the year of the repressive military regime, a Turkish writer gets disillusioned by the loss o...

About the Looking for and the Finding of Love

About the Looking for and the Finding of Love


Released on: 2005-01-27
Comedy, Romance, Drama, Music

Director helmut Dietls and Patric Susskinds illustrate a legendary story of two lovers who cant keep...

Kaalapani

Kaalapani


Released on: 1996-04-06
Action, Drama

Govardhan, a doctor by profession, is wrongly accused of bombing a train and is jailed by the Britis...

Shutter Island

Shutter Island


Released on: 2010-02-14
Drama, Thriller, Mystery

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient f...

The Postman

The Postman


Released on: 1994-04-07
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to...

Melody in Love

Melody in Love


Released on: 1978-10-26
Drama, Romance

The story is about a young woman (Melody) who goes to Mauritius to stay with friends. It is the sto...

Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne


Released on: 1995-03-24
Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findi...

Offseason

Offseason


Released on: 2022-03-11
Drama, Horror, Mystery

Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the...