Tommy Guns. 2022. Directed by Carlos Conceição

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Tommy Guns. 2022. Portugal. Directed by Carlos Conceiçao. Courtesy Kino Lorber

Tommy Guns. 2022. Portugal/France/Angola. Directed by Carlos Conceição. North American Premiere. Portuguese and Nyaneka; English subtitles. 119 min.

With his eccentric, shape-shifting breakthrough, Carlos Conceição confidently announces his arrival as a daring filmmaker preoccupied with the colonialist legacy of his native country. Set in 1974 Angola, during the waning days of Portugal’s militaristic rule over the African nation, the film jumps between different perspectives, including those of local rebels and villagers contending with the persistence of authoritarian forces and the occupying soldiers who occasionally use the weapons of the title with indiscriminate force. Yet the film also vaults among genres and modes with audacity, constantly reinventing itself with elements of war drama, comedy, and supernatural horror. An unexpected reflection on historical tyranny and the metaphysical effects of war retold as a tale of nightmarish resurrection, the jolting Tommy Guns was the winner of the Best European Film award at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival. A Kino Lorber release

This film accompanies New Directors/New Films 2023.

Past events

Sun, Apr 9, 2023, 4:00 p.m.

Followed by a conversation with the filmmaker

Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
Sat, Apr 8, 2023, 3:30 p.m.

Followed by a conversation with the filmmaker

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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