Virgem Margarida = Virgin Margarida
Barcode: 58958390
Call Number: V-POR 084
Material Type: Video -DVD
Time: 90 min.
Date: 2012
System Requirements: All Regions
Language: Portuguese
Creator: Directed by Licinio Azevedo
Description: "Set in Mozambique in 1975, in the immediate aftermath of the country’s war of independence, Virgin Margarida tells the story of a group of female sex workers who are captured by revolutionary soldiers and sent deep into the countryside to be ‘re-educated’. Although Maria João, the officer in charge of the programme, is driven by idealistic notions, she is perfectly willing to subject her prisoners to torture. But in spite of their suffering, members of the group take it upon themselves to look out for Margarida, a 16 year-old who stands falsely accused of prostitution, and in fact transpires to be a virgin." - bfi.org.uk
Collection: Language Resource Center