1989, 30 minutes.
It’s 1988, the worst year of the war, which apartheid South Africa has launched to destroy its black-ruled neighbour Mozambique. 17 year-old Albertino Roda is ending his school year in the city of Nampula, and he has only one thing on his mind: to find his way back to his home villages and see his parents, whom he hasn’t heard of since last year. It’s a perilous journey through burnt-out towns, destroyed plantations, and a whole population fleeing killings and abuse. Albertino gets ever so close to his home, but then…