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Kutchinga

Synopsis

A gigolo is summoned to have sex with a widow who has just lost her husband. This is the extreme of the forced Mozambican tradition, Kutchinga. When a man dies, his window must accept to have sexual relations with the deceased older brother. Wedding traditions mean that the wife that gets married becomes property of the man's family. It must be determined if the couples belongings will remain with the man's family. This is the reason for a "ritual" that is still hugely widespread and assumes bizarre forms with the hiring of male prostitutes for the performance to take place.

Credits

with Albertina Madivala, Adriano MBondola, Florentinha Matsinhe, Celso Jone, Yurca Filomena, Florentina Bata, Maria Rungo
Research, Script and Direction | Sol de Carvalho
Research and Interviews | Sónia André
Anthropologist | Elísio Jossias

Fiction segment
with Sónia André, Inácio João Mavunga, Filomena Remígio, all interviewed, and Constança Guamba

Photography Director | Caulo Rabajo
Electrician | Henrique Cardoso

Photography and Camera | Nivaldo Vasconcelos, Rui Namburete
Camera Assistant | Francisco Martins
Sound Capture | Micas Cumba
Editing | Patricia Saramago
Sound editing and final mixing | Tiago Inuit
Colorist | Francisco Costa
Generic, Graphics, and poster | Sofia Ferreira
Translators | Helcio Adriano Bondola, Maria Suzana Jossias Mocumba
Subtitling | António Maxlhaleieiei
Local Producer | Marieta Manjate
Associate Producer | Sol Oak
Producers | Jacinta Barros and Rui Simões
Financing
Local Production
Production