| Hanami | |
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 Promotional release poster | |
| Directed by | Denise Fernandes |
| Screenplay by | Denise Fernandes Telmo Churro |
| Produced by | Eugenia Mumenthaler David Epiney Luís Urbano Sandro Aguilar |
| Starring | Dailma Mendes Sanaya Andrade Alice da Luz |
| Cinematography | Alana Mejía Gonzalez |
| Edited by | Selin Dettwiler |
| Music by | Rahel Zimmermann |
Production companies | Alina Film O Som e a Fúria Ventura Film |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | Switzerland Portugal Cape Verde |
| Languages | Cape Verdean Creole Japanese French English |
Hanami is a 2024 drama film co-writtten and directed by Denise Fernandes in her directorial debut. [1] A co-production between Switzerland, Portugal and Cape Verde, the film centres on the coming-of-age of Nana (Dailma Mendes in childhood, Sanaya Andrade in adolescence), a young girl who was left behind in Cape Verde when her mother Nia (Alice da Luz) left for a better life in another country, centring on both her childhood in a community of women who take care of her needs and her reunion with her mother as a teenager. [2]
