The Island of Contenda

The Island of ContendaDirected byLeão LopesWritten byHenrique Teixeira de SousaJosé FanhaLeão LopesProduced byPaulo de SousaStarringJoão LourençoCamacho CostaLuísa CruzEdited byDenise VindevogelMusic byManuel Paulo FelgueirasProductioncompaniesVermédiaRTPMBSASaga FilmInstituto Cabo-verdiano de CinemaDistributed byMarfilmesRelease date1996Running time110 minutesCountryCape VerdeLanguagePortuguese
The Island of Contenda (original title: O Ilhéu de Contenda)bụ ihe nkiri ejije 1995 nke Leão Lopes duziri.

 Nkọwa okwu 
Cape Verde, 1964. N'ụkwụ nke nnukwu ugwu mgbawa, obodo Cape Verdean ọdịnala na-agbanwe agbanwe.  Ọchịchị ochie nke nwere ala na-agbasa.  Otu klas nke mulatto na-amalite ịpụta, na-enwe ike ego dabere na ahia nke na-eyi ndị nwe ụlọ egwu.  Amụma ọhụrụ na-ebilite, ngwakọta nke ochie na nke ọhụrụ, omenala Africa na Portuguese, anụ ahụ na ike.

Egwu Cesária Évora na-agbaso mgbanwe a na-apụghị izere ezere na ọmarịcha odida obodo nke Fogo, Cape Verde dị ka ọmarịcha.

 Nkedo 

 João Lourenço - Eusébio
 Camacho Costa - Felisberto
 Luísa Cruz - Esmeralda
 Filipe Ferrer - Alberto
 Betina Lopes - Soila
 Cecília Guimarães - Nha Noca
 Marina Albuquerque
 Henrique Espírito Santo - Governor
 José Fanha	- Carneiro
 Laurinda Ferreira - Alice
 Leandro Ferreira	 - Father Vitório
 Isabel de Castro - Nha Caela
 Teresa Madruga - Beliha
 Luís Mascarenhas - Inspector
 Mano Preto	- Chiquinho
 Carlos Rodrigues - Augusto Foleiro
 Horácio Santos - Anacleto
 Diogo Vasconcelos
 Pedro Wilson - Dr. Vicente

 Hapụ 
E wepụtara ihe nkiri a na 1996 na Cape Verde

 Ememme 

 Milan Film Festival, Italy (1997)
 Ememme ihe nkiri nke Amiens International, November 10, 1997

 Best Original Score at FESPACO - Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1997)
 First Prize at Festival de Cine Internacional de Ourense, Spain (1997)

  Hụkwa 

 Leão Lopes
 Cinema of Cape Verde

 Ntụaka 

 Njikọ mpụga 


 New York Times review
 BFI

 Akụkọ akụkọ 

 At RTP (Portuguese Broadcasting Network)
 News in Público (article in Portuguese)
 News at 2ª Bienal de Culturas Lusófonas na Malaposta (article in Portuguese)
 'Ilhéu de Contenda' (article in Portuguese)
 No blog Deambulações (article in Portuguese)