While making the period war film “Mosquito,” cinematographer Adolpho Veloso found himself at risk of losing more than great shots, he said, recalling the richly atmospheric locations in Mozambique, where the project filmed for five weeks.
The true story based on the experiences of director João Nuno Pinto’s grandfather, who was shipped to the Portuguese colony during World War I and then left behind after falling ill with malaria, becomes a harrowing, psychedelic journey through a dreamland.
Veloso recalled the real danger of poison snake bites among other hazards as he filmed handheld, encircling his subject, actor João Nunes Monteiro, playing the forlorn young private, Zacarias, as he wanders throughout the Makua native lands, endeavoring to find and rejoin his company.
“Mosquito,” the director’s feature debut, which opened the Rotterdam film fest, screens in the EnergaCamerimage Film Festival’s main competition.
Adolpho Veloso spoke to Variety about the film.
The true story based on the experiences of director João Nuno Pinto’s grandfather, who was shipped to the Portuguese colony during World War I and then left behind after falling ill with malaria, becomes a harrowing, psychedelic journey through a dreamland.
Veloso recalled the real danger of poison snake bites among other hazards as he filmed handheld, encircling his subject, actor João Nunes Monteiro, playing the forlorn young private, Zacarias, as he wanders throughout the Makua native lands, endeavoring to find and rejoin his company.
“Mosquito,” the director’s feature debut, which opened the Rotterdam film fest, screens in the EnergaCamerimage Film Festival’s main competition.
Adolpho Veloso spoke to Variety about the film.
- 11/17/2020
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
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