Although the strife of war is not one that everyone can truly relate to, the inability to resume life after a hardship is noteworthy. The film implicitly and explicitly showcases the need of restoration through the characters’ troubles and through the obvious devastation from the war. The idea of loss is seen through Vitorio’s leg as well as the loss of family members of Barbara, Manu, and the rest of Angola’s citizens, which relates to the loss of a nation and its culture from colonization and the war. Family is also a prominent theme such that it provides a framework that Angola needed to understand to help them return back to its original state prior to the war. Negritude, the issue of solidarity amongst black Africans, and the moment all the veterans came together in the film, are precursors for the importance of unity in general. Thus, these themes throughout the movie are important because it works together to combat the politics of a country that destroyed the politics of the original
Although the strife of war is not one that everyone can truly relate to, the inability to resume life after a hardship is noteworthy. The film implicitly and explicitly showcases the need of restoration through the characters’ troubles and through the obvious devastation from the war. The idea of loss is seen through Vitorio’s leg as well as the loss of family members of Barbara, Manu, and the rest of Angola’s citizens, which relates to the loss of a nation and its culture from colonization and the war. Family is also a prominent theme such that it provides a framework that Angola needed to understand to help them return back to its original state prior to the war. Negritude, the issue of solidarity amongst black Africans, and the moment all the veterans came together in the film, are precursors for the importance of unity in general. Thus, these themes throughout the movie are important because it works together to combat the politics of a country that destroyed the politics of the original