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Prosecuting Attorney David Lunga's success is overshadowed by the terrifying secrets of Rosa, a beautiful but mysterious woman with whom he falls in love.   What mysteries does she hide?As the macabre facts unravel, David comes face to face with his own demons and is driven to prove his innocence, recover his reputation and, above all, clear his own conscience. Viewer Discretion: Adult Language and Partial Nudity FESTIVALS/AWARDS Award for Best feature Film, FIC – LUANDA, Luanda International Film Festival – 2013; Award for Best Feature African Film, Special Jury Award Main Actor and Best feature film - Zanzibar International Film Festival 2014 (Zanzibar, Tanzânia); Award for Best feature Film, Black International Cinema Berlin 2014, Germany&USA (Berlin, Germany and EUA); Award for Best supporting Actress, Figueira Film Art 2014 (Portugal); Award for Best Actor and Best Director - Eerie Horror Film Festival 2014 - (Pensilvânia, USA); Award for Best feature Film, Premio Giuria del Carcere, Festival Cinema Africano di Verona 2014 – Italy; Audience Award, Especial Mention, World Festival Of Emerging Cinema (Trinidad and Tobago, 2016); Fantasporto 2014 Official Selection (Porto, Portugal); San Diego Black Film Festival 2014 Official Selection (San Diego, EUA); Pan African Film Festival 2014 Official Selection (Los Angeles, EUA); San Francisco Black film festival 2014 Official Selection (San Francisco, EUA); Festin 2014 Official Selection (Lisboa, Portugal); Langston Hughes African American Film Festival 2014 Official Selection (Seatle, USA); Montreal Int. Black Film Festival 2014 Official Selection (Montreal, Canada); Out of Europe – Films from Africa 2014 Official Selection (Germany, Cologne); Africa International Film Festival 2014(Lagos, Nigeria); Balafon Film festival (Italy 2014); Kibaka Florence Festival Cinema Africano (Italy 2014); Toronto International Black Film Festival (Toronto, Canada 2015); Lusophone Film Fest of Nairobi (Quénia 2015); Afrika Filmfestival(Belgium 2015); FESPACO (Burkina Faso 2015); Afrikanisches FilmFestival (Humburg, Germany 2015); Festival cinémas d'Afrique (Lausanne, Switzerland 2015); Ecrans Noirs (Yaoundé, Cameron 2015); Africa Movie Academy Awards (Jonesburg, South Africa 2015; Festival Internacional de Cinema Africano de Bayreuth (Bayreuth, Germany 2015); Festival Internacional de Cinema Africano de Saarbrucken (Saarbrucken, Germany 2015); FESTin - Festival de Cinema Itinerante da Língua Portuguesa (Bissau, Guiné-Bissau 2015); 18ème Semaine du Cinéma Lusophone(Nice e Grasse, França); 4ª Edição do Mozambique African Film Week  (Mozambique, 2016) FESTin - Festival de Cinema Itinerante da Língua Portuguesa (São-Tomé e príncipe, 2016); FESTin - Festival de Cinema Itinerante da Língua Portuguesa (Ceará, Brasil 2016)