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Farewell Amor

Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.

Director

Ekwa Msangi

Year

Genre

drama, music, romance

Box Office

$4,689

Production

Park Pictures Features,Department of Motion Pictures,Jhumka Films,Wavelength,MUBI,Lucky 13 Productions,MACRO,Outrageous Pictures

Awards

9 wins & 8 nominations

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Walter

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine

Esther

Sylvia

Nzingha

Linda

DJ

Marcus Scribner

Tall Handsome

Loving Boyfriend

Dirty Dozen

Darlene Arrington

Church Goer

Bouncer

Jessie Barnes Jr.

Bartender

Mr. Ultra Smooth

Tremaine Brown Jr.

Royce

Francisco Burgos

Bartender

Shirley Capaldo

Sister Redempta

Mariam C. Chemmoss

Anthony Cipriani

Step Dancer

Mr. Uno

Sanjit De Silva

Band Member

Julian Fadullon

MC

Step Dancer

Didrianna Foreman

Bouncer

Rodney Genwright

Money Transfer Attendant

Bettina Goolsby

Egyptian Market Employee

Ms. Tunnie

Virginia Hastings

Principal Leeds

Pierre

African Shop Owner

Flight Attendant

Michelle

Denise

Kristen Maxwell

Aubrey

Bucket Drummer

Mustaphai Mitchell

Taxi Driver

Hector Palacios

Mohammed

Chrisanthos Petsilas

D.J.

Elderly Traveler

Clement Richard

Pablo

Rayshawn Richardson

Loving Girlfriend

Laura Rodriguez

Bouncer

Pastor Ogunbemi

Souleymane Sy Savane

Church Pianist

David E. Sayles

Miss Shy Hips

Scrimp

Big Boi

Terrence Shingler

Taxi Driver

Criss Christoff Smith

Wreckka

Puppetmaster

Ronny Wassertrout

School Cop

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We pray all these things
in the Holy name of Jesus. - Farewell Amor

We pray all these things in the Holy name of Jesus.

Americans don't like
stew with their food. - Farewell Amor

Americans don't like stew with their food.

For years the only food I could
eat was my mother's cookie. - Farewell Amor

For years the only food I could eat was my mother's coo...

So when we got married, - Farewell Amor

So when we got married,

My pastor said we must focus
on familiarizing ourselves - Farewell Amor

My pastor said we must focus on familiarizing ourselves

Thank you, I mean, I'm
sorry I wasn't there. - Farewell Amor

Thank you, I mean, I'm sorry I wasn't there.

I hope everything
will be perfect. - Farewell Amor

I hope everything will be perfect.

Perhaps we should just
get some rest, thanks. - Farewell Amor

Perhaps we should just get some rest, thanks.

With scholarship, the
first doctor in the family, - Farewell Amor

With scholarship, the first doctor in the family,

I keep telling you - Farewell Amor

I keep telling you

Did you
find any change in the city? - Farewell Amor

Did you find any change in the city?

Whenever I go back home - Farewell Amor

Whenever I go back home

Oh, she's supposed to be lucky - Farewell Amor

Oh, she's supposed to be lucky

What, you know it's
the truth, man. - Farewell Amor

What, you know it's the truth, man.

Yes, and thanks. - Farewell Amor

Yes, and thanks.

I swapped my shift - Farewell Amor

I swapped my shift

So Vinner, clear your
books, go set the table. - Farewell Amor

So Vinner, clear your books, go set the table.

So, how was school today? - Farewell Amor

So, how was school today?

I was thinking maybe we
should plan some things - Farewell Amor

I was thinking maybe we should plan some things

Or perhaps this Sunday,
we could go for a drive - Farewell Amor

Or perhaps this Sunday, we could go for a drive

I thought it would
be good to leave - Farewell Amor

I thought it would be good to leave

That's fine, perhaps
there's a sunrise service - Farewell Amor

That's fine, perhaps there's a sunrise service

Of course I'll check. - Farewell Amor

Of course I'll check.

I brought home some
wine, so we can toast. - Farewell Amor

I brought home some wine, so we can toast.

But is just a simple wine - Farewell Amor

But is just a simple wine

As soon as my immigration
paperwork is finalized, - Farewell Amor

As soon as my immigration paperwork is finalized,

And, did you see the mail
that your neighbor brought - Farewell Amor

And, did you see the mail that your neighbor brought

I don't know why it's
hard for the mail man - Farewell Amor

I don't know why it's hard for the mail man

Sylvia, - Farewell Amor

When you stopped waiting
for my weekend phone calls, - Farewell Amor

When you stopped waiting for my weekend phone calls,

Mama said because
sneaking out to dance, - Farewell Amor

Mama said because sneaking out to dance,

You know I used to be
quite a dancer as well - Farewell Amor

You know I used to be quite a dancer as well

Your mother would make matching
outfits with both of us - Farewell Amor

Your mother would make matching outfits with both of us

No, we used to dance a
lot before you were born. - Farewell Amor

No, we used to dance a lot before you were born.

And even after, - Farewell Amor

And even after,

I know this is far from ideal, - Farewell Amor

I know this is far from ideal,

Sylvia, I was just
taking out the trash. - Farewell Amor

Sylvia, I was just taking out the trash.

I need
to use the bathroom. - Farewell Amor

I need to use the bathroom.

Hey girl, you would
probably be seducing - Farewell Amor

Hey girl, you would probably be seducing

I'm going to keep making
those remixes for my girl. - Farewell Amor

I'm going to keep making those remixes for my girl.

So when you become the most
famous dancer in America, - Farewell Amor

So when you become the most famous dancer in America,

I don't know why you insist - Farewell Amor

I don't know why you insist

All the children at your school - Farewell Amor

All the children at your school

We won't bother your father
about that right now. - Farewell Amor

We won't bother your father about that right now.

I don't know if you
want to participate - Farewell Amor

I don't know if you want to participate

And I see we're still missing
an official birth certificate. - Farewell Amor

And I see we're still missing an official birth certifi...

Yes, I explained
when I telephoned - Farewell Amor

Yes, I explained when I telephoned

And both the hospital
and department of records - Farewell Amor

And both the hospital and department of records

Hi, I'm Silvia, - Farewell Amor

Hi, I'm Silvia,

Hi Silvia, - Farewell Amor

No, my father was here
before, he is a diplomat. - Farewell Amor

No, my father was here before, he is a diplomat.

Well I do know for a
fact that step team - Farewell Amor

Well I do know for a fact that step team

That's easy, you just
look up videos on YouTube, - Farewell Amor

That's easy, you just look up videos on YouTube,

Then, if I agree
to look at the steps, - Farewell Amor

Then, if I agree to look at the steps,

We should go to the
market this weekend - Farewell Amor

We should go to the market this weekend

You were studying
social sciences - Farewell Amor

You were studying social sciences

It's not his fault that we
had to wait so many years. - Farewell Amor

It's not his fault that we had to wait so many years.

Because we wanted
you to have the life - Farewell Amor

Because we wanted you to have the life

Today's topic,
immigration and emigration. - Farewell Amor

Today's topic, immigration and emigration.

I'm gonna go down look at
the two different lists. - Farewell Amor

I'm gonna go down look at the two different lists.

Immigration, life
equality, religious freedom. - Farewell Amor

Immigration, life equality, religious freedom.

Take out a piece of paper - Farewell Amor

Take out a piece of paper

Your mother suggested
that maybe we should, - Farewell Amor

Your mother suggested that maybe we should,

When we moved to Tanzania, - Farewell Amor

When we moved to Tanzania,

Then as long as
I'm reading the Bible - Farewell Amor

Then as long as I'm reading the Bible

Well after the war, the
home that I knew was gone. - Farewell Amor

Well after the war, the home that I knew was gone.

Do you mind if I share why, - Farewell Amor

Do you mind if I share why,

No, no no. She
doesn't have to know. - Farewell Amor

No, no no. She doesn't have to know.

This country is very
hard for black people - Farewell Amor

This country is very hard for black people

You always have to carry
yourself in a certain way - Farewell Amor

You always have to carry yourself in a certain way

So when we get to dance,
that's the one place - Farewell Amor

So when we get to dance, that's the one place

So be yourself, you're the only
one who knows what you know, - Farewell Amor

So be yourself, you're the only one who knows what you ...

Everybody would dance
to it and cry, cry, cry. - Farewell Amor

Everybody would dance to it and cry, cry, cry.

Five,
six, seven, here we go. - Farewell Amor

Five, six, seven, here we go.

Calm down, I saw you up
there learning the moves. - Farewell Amor

Calm down, I saw you up there learning the moves.

Well, your friend
has a problem with me - Farewell Amor

Well, your friend has a problem with me

Oh boy, okay. - Farewell Amor

They think having a
celebrity, crazy partying. - Farewell Amor

They think having a celebrity, crazy partying.

All my family's down South, - Farewell Amor

All my family's down South,

So, you just feel alone. - Farewell Amor

So, you just feel alone.

My dad, isn't really a diplomat. - Farewell Amor

My dad, isn't really a diplomat.

I figured, you don't
really hear about - Farewell Amor

I figured, you don't really hear about

I know how it feels
without my paps. - Farewell Amor

I know how it feels without my paps.

Maybe start working, go to
State college or something. - Farewell Amor

Maybe start working, go to State college or something.

You're not going to
continue with the stage - Farewell Amor

You're not going to continue with the stage

Sorry mama, I
didn't know you were- - Farewell Amor

Sorry mama, I didn't know you were-

I just wanted to make sure
that Sylvia got home safe - Farewell Amor

I just wanted to make sure that Sylvia got home safe

I probably should be heading
home to do some homework. - Farewell Amor

I probably should be heading home to do some homework.

Yes. Oh, say hello
to your parents. - Farewell Amor

Yes. Oh, say hello to your parents.

Linda, If you and I
going to dinner tonight. - Farewell Amor

Linda, If you and I going to dinner tonight.

Farewell Amor poster

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Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.

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Director: Ekwa Msangi

Writer: Ekwa Msangi

Production: Park Pictures Features,Department of Motion Pictures,Jhumka Films,Wavelength,MUBI,Lucky 13 Productions,MACRO,Outrageous Pictures

Genre: drama, music, romance

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 75/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: $4,689

Released: 11 Dec 2020

Awards: 9 wins & 8 nominations

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