The Hero

D: ZéZé Gamboa, Angola/Portugal 2004, 97 min, Engl. subtitles

All Vitorio has to show for his part in the Angolan civil war are a medal and an artificial leg. One night, they are stolen from him. Only his friendship with a ten-year-old boy, who is searching for his father, stops him from giving up. A relentless yet affectionate portrait of people who are traumatised by war and are trying to find a way of living a normal life again. Winner of the international drama jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival.