Casa de Lava
International Arthouse
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1h 45m
Directed by Pedro Costa | 105 mins | 1994
Marking the beginning of Costa’s long artistic engagement with and commitment to his country’s Cape Verdean émigré community, Casa de Lava follows a Portuguese nurse and the comatose migrant worker (Isaach de Bankolé) that she’s volunteered to accompany to his home on the Verdean island of Fogo.
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