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{{short description|1994 film by Sana Na N'Hada}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Xime
| name = Xime
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| native_name =
| image =
| image =
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| image_size =
| caption =
| caption =
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| native_name =
| director = [[Sana Na N'Hada]]
| director = [[Sana Na N'Hada]]
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| writer =
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Sana Na N'Hada<br>
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[[Joop van Wijk]]
| producer =
| producer =
[[Joop van Wijk]]<br>
Joop van Wijk<br>
Jacques Bidou<br>
Jacques Bidou<br>
Jean-Pierre Gallepe<br>
Jean-Pierre Gallepe<br>
Hillie Molenaar
Hillie Molenaar
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| writer =
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Sana Na N'Hada<br>
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Joop van Wijk
| narrator =
| starring =
| starring =
[[Aful Macka]]<br>
[[Aful Macka]]<br>
[[Justino Neto]]<br>
[[Justino Neto]]<br>
[[José Tamba]]
[[José Tamba]]
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| narrator =
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| cinematography = Melle van Essen
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| editing = Anita Fernández
| music =
| music =
Malam Mane<br>
Malam Mane<br>
Patricio Wang
Patricio Wang
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| cinematography = Melle van Essen
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| editing = Anita Fernández
| distributor =
| distributor =
| released = 1994
| released = {{Film date|1994}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Guinea-Bissau
| country = Guinea-Bissau
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==Plot==
==Plot==
In the early 1960s, in the village of Xime in [[Guinea-Bissau]], Iala, the father of Raul and Bedan, is worried about his two sons. The eldest, Raul, animated by desires of revolt, has joined the liberation movement, unknown to anyone. He is wanted by the Portuguese colonial authorities while he studies at a seminary in [[Bissau]]. Bedan, the younger of the two, a turbulent young man still a teenager, is almost at the age where he must reluctantly submit to the traditional coming-of-age rituals. One of these is dressing in women's clothing. Bedan is also admiring his father's young fiance. In the end, Raul is fatally wounded and stubles to the wedding, and Bedan joins the revolutionary cause.
In the early 1960s, in the village of Xime in [[Guinea-Bissau]], Iala, the father of Raul and Bedan, is worried about his two sons. The eldest, Raul, animated by desires of revolt, has joined the liberation movement, unknown to anyone. He is wanted by the Portuguese colonial authorities while he studies at a seminary in [[Bissau]]. Bedan, the younger of the two, a turbulent young man still a teenager, is almost at the age where he must reluctantly submit to the traditional coming-of-age rituals. One of these is dressing in women's clothing. Bedan is also admiring his father's young fiance. In the end, Raul is fatally wounded and stumbles to the wedding, and Bedan joins the revolutionary cause.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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==Production==
==Production==
This was only the fourth film to be produced in [[Guinea-Bissau]]. It was a French-Dutch co-production.<ref name="ukadike">{{cite journal |last1=Ukadike |first1=N. Frank |last2=Gomes |first2=Flora |title=In Guinea-Bissau, Cinema Trickles down: An Interview with Flora Gomes |journal=Research in African Literatures |date=1995 |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=179-185 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3820147 |accessdate=29 October 2020 |publisher=Indiana University Press}}</ref> It was the first film to be directed by [[Sana Na N'Hada]], although he collaborated on several short films with [[Flora Gomes]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mendy |first1=Peter Karibe |last2=Lobban |first2=Richard M. |title=Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau |date=2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081088027X |page=93}}</ref> It was a semi-autobiographical work, and he returned to Guinea-Bissau to film it after studying in Cuba.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Padgett |first1=Esra |title=04/09: SPECIAL SCREENING of XIME with FILMMAKER SANA NA N’HADA |url=https://pcp.gc.cuny.edu/2019/03/04-09-special-screening-of-xime-with-filmmaker-sana-na-nhada/ |website=[[City University of New York]] |accessdate=29 October 2020 |date=29 March 2019}}</ref>
This was only the fourth film to be produced in [[Guinea-Bissau]]. It was a French-Dutch co-production.<ref name="ukadike">{{cite journal |last1=Ukadike |first1=N. Frank |last2=Gomes |first2=Flora |title=In Guinea-Bissau, Cinema Trickles down: An Interview with Flora Gomes |journal=Research in African Literatures |date=1995 |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=179–185 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3820147 |access-date=29 October 2020 |publisher=Indiana University Press|jstor=3820147 }}</ref> It was the first film to be directed by [[Sana Na N'Hada]], although he collaborated on several short films with [[Flora Gomes]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mendy |first1=Peter Karibe |last2=Lobban |first2=Richard M. |title=Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau |date=2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0810880276 |page=93}}</ref> It was a semi-autobiographical work, and he returned to Guinea-Bissau to film it after studying in Cuba.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Padgett |first1=Esra |title=04/09: SPECIAL SCREENING of XIME with FILMMAKER SANA NA N'HADA |url=https://pcp.gc.cuny.edu/2019/03/04-09-special-screening-of-xime-with-filmmaker-sana-na-nhada/ |website=[[City University of New York]] |access-date=29 October 2020 |date=29 March 2019}}</ref>


==Release and reception==
==Release and reception==
''Xime'' was screened at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], in the [[Un Certain Regard]] category.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xime |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/xime |website=[[Festival de Cannes]] |accessdate=29 October 2020}}</ref> It received the Special Jury Prize at the [[Festival international du film d'Amiens]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Videau |first1=Andre |title=Le festival du film d'Ames |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/homig_1142-852x_1995_num_1183_1_2379 |website=Persee.fr |publisher=Hommes & Migrations |accessdate=29 October 2020 |language=French |date=1995}}</ref> ''Xime'' also received the Special Jury Prize at the
''Xime'' was screened at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], in the [[Un Certain Regard]] category.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xime |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/xime |website=[[Festival de Cannes]] |access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref> It received the Special Jury Prize at the [[Festival international du film d'Amiens]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Videau |first1=Andre |title=Le festival du film d'Ames |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/homig_1142-852x_1995_num_1183_1_2379 |website=Persee.fr |publisher=Hommes & Migrations |access-date=29 October 2020 |language=fr |date=1995}}</ref> ''Xime'' also received the Special Jury Prize at the
Festival International du Premier Film D'Annonay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Palmarès |url=http://www.annonaypremierfilm.org/archives-du-festival/palmares/ |website=Festival International du Premier Film D'Annonay. |accessdate=29 October 2020 |language=French}}</ref>
Festival International du Premier Film D'Annonay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Palmarès |url=http://www.annonaypremierfilm.org/archives-du-festival/palmares/ |website=Festival International du Premier Film D'Annonay. |access-date=29 October 2020 |language=fr}}</ref>
The film was awarded the Intercultural Communication Prize for a Feature Film at the 1995 [[Vues d'Afrique]] festival in Montreal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cloutier |first1=Mario |title=Les lle Journées du cinéma africain et |url=http://collections.banq.qc.ca:81/lapresse/src/cahiers/1995/05/08/01/82812_1995050801.pdf |accessdate=29 October 2020 |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]] |date=8 May 1995 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811093639/http://collections.banq.qc.ca:81/lapresse/src/cahiers/1995/05/08/01/82812_1995050801.pdf |archivedate=11 August 2016 |page=A10 |language=French}}</ref>
The film was awarded the Intercultural Communication Prize for a Feature Film at the 1995 [[Vues d'Afrique]] festival in Montreal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cloutier |first1=Mario |title=Les lle Journées du cinéma africain et |url=http://collections.banq.qc.ca:81/lapresse/src/cahiers/1995/05/08/01/82812_1995050801.pdf |access-date=29 October 2020 |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]] |date=8 May 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811093639/http://collections.banq.qc.ca:81/lapresse/src/cahiers/1995/05/08/01/82812_1995050801.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2016 |page=A10 |language=fr}}</ref>


Deborah Young of [[Variety.com]] was very praiseful of the film. She wrote that it "interests not only for its rare locale but for a fresh approach to historical storytelling" from N'Hada, while the "film's intentions are ambitious, and its black characters are interestingly three-dimensional."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Deborah |title=Xime |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/xime-1200436925/ |website=[[Variety.com]] |accessdate=29 October 2020 |date=30 May 1994}}</ref>
Deborah Young of [[Variety.com]] was very praiseful of the film. She wrote that it "interests not only for its rare locale but for a fresh approach to historical storytelling" from N'Hada, while the "film's intentions are ambitious, and its black characters are interestingly three-dimensional."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Deborah |title=Xime |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/xime-1200436925/ |website=[[Variety.com]] |access-date=29 October 2020 |date=30 May 1994}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Bissau-Guinean films]]
[[Category:Bissau-Guinean films]]
[[Category:1994 drama films]]
[[Category:1994 drama films]]
[[Category:1990s English-language films]]

Latest revision as of 12:27, 7 May 2024

Xime
Directed bySana Na N'Hada
Written bySana Na N'Hada
Joop van Wijk
Produced byJoop van Wijk

Jacques Bidou
Jean-Pierre Gallepe

Hillie Molenaar
StarringAful Macka

Justino Neto

José Tamba
CinematographyMelle van Essen
Edited byAnita Fernández
Music byMalam Mane
Patricio Wang
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryGuinea-Bissau
LanguageEnglish

Xime is a 1994 Bissau-Guinean drama film directed by Sana Na N'Hada.

Plot[edit]

In the early 1960s, in the village of Xime in Guinea-Bissau, Iala, the father of Raul and Bedan, is worried about his two sons. The eldest, Raul, animated by desires of revolt, has joined the liberation movement, unknown to anyone. He is wanted by the Portuguese colonial authorities while he studies at a seminary in Bissau. Bedan, the younger of the two, a turbulent young man still a teenager, is almost at the age where he must reluctantly submit to the traditional coming-of-age rituals. One of these is dressing in women's clothing. Bedan is also admiring his father's young fiance. In the end, Raul is fatally wounded and stumbles to the wedding, and Bedan joins the revolutionary cause.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

This was only the fourth film to be produced in Guinea-Bissau. It was a French-Dutch co-production.[1] It was the first film to be directed by Sana Na N'Hada, although he collaborated on several short films with Flora Gomes.[2] It was a semi-autobiographical work, and he returned to Guinea-Bissau to film it after studying in Cuba.[3]

Release and reception[edit]

Xime was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, in the Un Certain Regard category.[4] It received the Special Jury Prize at the Festival international du film d'Amiens.[5] Xime also received the Special Jury Prize at the Festival International du Premier Film D'Annonay.[6] The film was awarded the Intercultural Communication Prize for a Feature Film at the 1995 Vues d'Afrique festival in Montreal.[7]

Deborah Young of Variety.com was very praiseful of the film. She wrote that it "interests not only for its rare locale but for a fresh approach to historical storytelling" from N'Hada, while the "film's intentions are ambitious, and its black characters are interestingly three-dimensional."[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ukadike, N. Frank; Gomes, Flora (1995). "In Guinea-Bissau, Cinema Trickles down: An Interview with Flora Gomes". Research in African Literatures. 23 (3). Indiana University Press: 179–185. JSTOR 3820147. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ^ Mendy, Peter Karibe; Lobban, Richard M. (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Scarecrow Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0810880276.
  3. ^ Padgett, Esra (29 March 2019). "04/09: SPECIAL SCREENING of XIME with FILMMAKER SANA NA N'HADA". City University of New York. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Xime". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  5. ^ Videau, Andre (1995). "Le festival du film d'Ames". Persee.fr (in French). Hommes & Migrations. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Palmarès". Festival International du Premier Film D'Annonay. (in French). Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  7. ^ Cloutier, Mario (8 May 1995). "Les lle Journées du cinéma africain et" (PDF). La Presse (in French). p. A10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  8. ^ Young, Deborah (30 May 1994). "Xime". Variety.com. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

External links[edit]

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