- published: 07 Nov 2014
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Actors: Jani Thiltges (producer), Ana Silva (miscellaneous crew), Luís Galvão Teles (producer), Bonnafet Tarbouriech (actor), Ângelo Torres (actor), Danièle Evenou (actress), Dominique Pâris (editor), Serge Zeitoun (producer), François Hadji-Lazaro (actor), Mariana Koenders (miscellaneous crew), Manu Dibango (composer), Félix Lozano (miscellaneous crew), Teresa Ovídio (actress), Fatou N'Diaye (actress), Virginia Vogwill (costume designer),
Plot: It has always been a firm conviction of the family that any woman who sings, will die. Now, while a girl is in France she becomes an international star. She realises that sooner rather than later her mother in Africa will learn that she sings. To solve this dilemma she goes back to her native village and arranges her own funeral, albeit with instantaneous rebirth. She is lying in the coffin while all invited guest form a queue and pass the coffin one by one. When she needs go to the toilet a boy will take her place. And then one of the guests says: How different she looks after having died. Is this an allusion to Bergman's movie "Now About These Women"?
Keywords: dilemma, dying, funeral, gender-roles, rebirth, singing, star, superstitionO caminho, O caminho...
Deixei toda a família atrás
Ficou só a saudade
Parti para tao longe, pois
Que futuro virá?
Alegrias do passado
Levo na bagagem
Seguindo o caminho
O caminho, o caminho...
Trabalho todo o dia aqui
Nao conheco ninguém
Me falam dum modo assim
Nao os percebo bem
Alegrias do passado
Levo no bagagem
Seguindo o caminho