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Nayola is a 2022 adult animated drama film directed by José Miguel Ribeiro in his directorial debut. It is based on the play A Caixa Preta by José Eduardo Agualusa & Mia Couto who co-wrote the script with Virgilio Almeida.
Three generations of women in a 25-year-long civil war: Lelena (the grandmother), Nayola (the daughter) and Yara (the granddaughter). Past and present interlace. Nayola goes in search of her missing husband at the height of the war.
Jun 13, 2022 · Jose Miguel Ribeiro’s 'Nayola' portrays the fate of a grandmother, a mother and her daughter in the aftermath of the Angolan civil war.
May 20, 2022 · Nayola trailer. Angola. Three generation of women in a 25-yearlong civil war: Lelena (the grandmother), Nayola (the daughter) and Yara (the granddaughter).
Moving through multiple timelines and employing different visual styles across the various narrative strands, Nayola is an innovative and resonant drama that contemplates how a turbulent past can be reconciled with new lives forged in the present.
In this gorgeously-animated family saga from director José Miguel Ribeiro, the lives of three generations of Angolan women intertwine across past and present as a violent 25-year-long civil war simmers in the background. Nayola goes in search of her missing husband at the height of the war.
Three generations of women plagued by the civil war, Lelena (the grandmother), Nayola (the daughter) and Yara (the granddaughter). A painful secret, a reckless search, a...
- Animation, Drama, Fantasy, War
