Guinea-Bissau, 1969. A violent war between the Portuguese colonial army and the guerrillas of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. Nome leaves his village and joins the Maquis resistance group. After years, he will return as a hero, but joy will soon give way to bitterness and cynicism.

Nome.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 57 min
Size: 	3.84 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1920x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
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#1:  	English 2.0ch AAC LC @ 128 kb/s (English)

https://nitro.download/view/D19889482E5DB7D/Nome.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish (srt)

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As in the original paradise, the inhabitants of the Bissagos archipelago, located in the west coast of Africa, live according to ancient traditions and in absolute respect for nature, until a gang of drug dealers occupies their sacred islands.

The medicine man dies and everything seems lost, until his young successor decides to fight the invaders to save the village.

Kadjike.2013.TVRip.h264-MaZ.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 53mn
Size: 	1.25 GiB
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Codec: 	h264
Resolution: 	800x448 
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Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
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https://nitro.download/view/4625C0AD13A3F17/Kadjike.2013.TVRip.h264-MaZ.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/B4C7809D9B59E03/Kadjike.2013.TVRip.h264-MaZ.srt

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:French (Hardcoded), English

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The film tells the tale of Iala, whose authority over his two sons, Raul and Bedan, is shaken. Raul has left to study in a seminary in the big city, where unknown to anyone, he has joined the liberation movement. Meanwhile, younger son, Bedan is rebelling against every possible tradition, even eyeing his father’s young bride-to-be.

1.47GB | 1 h 35 min | 764×478 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/31E5A5F1B38BE6F/Xime.1994.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language:Portuguese
Subtitles:English Hardcoded

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In the colorful forest village of Amanha Lundju, tradition demands that when a child is born a tree be planted. As the tree grows, it becomes the twin of the growing human being. At the same time, trees are constantly being felled for firewood and buildings, and the threat of organized deforestation by the state hovers ominously.

Dou (Ramiro Naka) returns to the village from his wanderings to learn that his twin brother, Hami, has just died under mysterious circumstances. He has to take on Hami’s widow and child, to the dismay of his promised bride, Saly (Edna Evora). Everyone seems to confuse Dou with his dead brother, including his aged, mystical mother. Dou talks to Hami’s tree to understand what ails the village, while in a breathtaking silent sequence his mother calls Hami’s spirit down from the beyond.

Ominous portents make the witch doctor Calacalado (Adama Kouyate) order the villagers to leave their homes and embark on an exodus into the desert, following the lead of Dou and Saly. The grueling trek takes its toll on the weak and the old. After Saly and other women give birth to babies in the treeless land, Dou orders his people back to Amanha Lundju, where a surprise is waiting for them.

Gomes puts together an often dazzling patchwork of rituals, traditions and folk art, interpreting and aestheticizing them with cinematographer Vincenzo Marano through expressive camera movements and the bold use of color. The faces and bodies of the actors, including leads Naka and young Evora, have a strong carnal presence and a dreamy depth. Other characters, like the powerful, wise witch doctor and Dou’s old mother, create memorable archetypes.

“Tree of Blood” owes a visual debt to the work of Mali director Souleymane Cisse, particularly evident in the majesty of the desert and river scenes and breathtaking aerial shots of the African landscape.

Like Cisse, Gomes uses oral storytelling and legends lost in the mists of time to say something universal about African people. One of film’s finest scenes is the meeting and mingling of two large tribes in the desert, shot from a godlike overhead perspective.
Glimpses of native artwork and amazing geometrical houses add to the film’s high visual quality.

“a beguiling piece of African folklore equating human lives and trees, both traversed by lyrically choreographed pans and cranes” (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

Tree of Blood.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 34 min
Size: 	1.32 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
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Aspect ratio:  	16:10
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
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BPP: 	0.199
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#1:  	French 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/6EBE2E5BD3B4829/Tree_of_Blood.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

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