Savanna and the Mountain (2024)

  • NR
  • 05/18/2024 (FR)
  • Drama
  • 1h 17m

Overview

Once upon a time, there was a revolution in Covas do Barroso, a village in northern Portugal. A hybrid documentary in which, between songs and Western imagery, the villagers stage their own struggle - which is still going on - against the industrial project that threatens their land. The British firm Savannah Resources hopes to develop and exploit what would become the largest open-cast lithium mine in Europe. It's a ballad of resistance that at times evokes the cinema of Luc Moullet or Alain Guiraudie.

Paulo Carneiro

Director

Cast

Aida Fernandes's headshot

Aida Fernandes

Maria Loureiro's headshot

Maria Loureiro

Elisabete Pires's headshot

Elisabete Pires

Daniel Loureiro's headshot

Daniel Loureiro

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