Directed by Carlos Conceição • Arthouse • 2023 • Angola, Portugal, France • Portuguese, Nyaneka with English subtitles
Starring João Arrais, Vicente Gil, Anabela Moreira

Angolan-Portuguese director Carlos Conceição’s audacious and enigmatic “Tommy Guns” invokes the ghosts of Angola’s colonial past while embracing the symbolic power of genre filmmaking. Set just before the country’s independence from decades of Portuguese rule, this Locarno award-winner playfully swerves from art house drama to war film to zombie flick to escape thriller with exhilarating control.