PODCAST | Federica Scarpa interviews Carlos Conceição, director of the film Nação Valente (Tommy Guns).
In competition at the 75 Locarno Film Festival, Carlos Conceição brings his personal reflection on history. We talked with him about the structure of his film Tommy Guns, his influences, zombies and more…
Nação Valente (Tommy Guns): In 1974, the Portuguese and their descendants fled Angola where nationalist groups gradually claimed their territory back. A tribal girl discovers love and death when her path crosses that of a Portuguese soldier. Then, a Portuguese squad is barracked inside a wall from which they will have to escape once the past comes out of the grave to claim its long-awaited justice.