Director : Flora GomesActors : Fatou N'Diaye, Angelo Torres, Bia Gomes, Jorge Biague, José Carlos Imbombo, Danièle Évenou, François Hadji-Lazaro, Jean-Christophe DolléFeature film, Fiction Production language : Portuguese, French Nationality : Minority French (France, Portugal, Luxembourg) French release : 7/16/03 Runtime : 1h 30mn Current status : Released Associate production company : Les Films de Mai French distribution : Pierre Grise DistributionFilm export/Foreign Sales : FTD International Cinéma (voir France Télévisions Distribution) Synopsis In Cape Verde, song is fundamental to life. Marriages, burials, get-togethers, break-ups, elections and inaugurations are all accompanied by song. Only young Vita doesn’t have the right to sing. In her family, an ancestral legend promises death to any girl that tries. Before leaving for France to continue her studies, she reiterates her promise to her mother. No song will ever pass her lips.
In Paris, Vita meets a young muscian, Pierre, and falls in love with him. Exhilirated, she lets herself go and hums a few notes. She has a magnificent voice.
Enthralled, Pierre convinces her to record a disc. But Vita is terrified because she has defied the curse. She decides to return home, confess all to her mother and bear the yoke of tradition.
With Pierre’s help, Vita organizes a lavish party in which she stages her own funeral and resurrection, thus showing her family, friends and people, that anything is possible for whoever has the courage to dare. Festival selections | 
