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Our Lady of the Chinese Shop, interview with Ery Claver

This condition ensured that we took on the production of the film without fear of making mistakes and also as an antidote to the idleness and uncertainty of the future. A good example is the stadium scene: when I wrote it, I imagined a crowd, but then Covid arrived and we couldn't even fit five people in. I was never afraid, because I know that reality and this mixture of magic forced me to find other ways of representing the same feeling. I know it may sound theoretical, but I think it's very real and rational. Because we're used to living like this in Angola. We have to make do with what we have, even for movies.

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09.06.2025 | by Marta Lança