Farewell Amor

Looks real nice. That's just about all the positive things I can say about this movie.

This was a wonderful, nuanced performance by the three principal actors in this drama. We follow their trajectory and adaptation as they arrive and settle in New York. Mother and daughter have been apart from their husband/father for 17 years as he worked in NYC. They had fled their homeland in Angola for Dars es Salaam in Tanzania.

They try to adjust to the enormous differences that have developed over this long time period.

This could easily have evolved into an over-extended melodrama - but instead we witness characters interacting and overcoming each other's short-comings.

"Farewell Amor" is a both touching and ravishing drama that tells poetically about the challenges of immigration, family, and self-discovery. Directed by Ekwa Msangi, it's about the story of an Angolan family reuniting in New York City after 17 years apart. Jayme Lawson, Zainab Jah, and Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine all turn in fine performances as the beleaguered parents, daughters, and sons trying to adjust to their new lives. Intimacy and realism are further added to by Msangi's handling of the narrative herself, one that keeps rigorously tight focus on the feelings of her characters and culture conflicts. Through its folk story-like plot, its balanced characters, and moving cinematography, "Farewell Amor" becomes a very powerful portrayal of love, strength, family bonding.

Absolutely love the narrative, excellent writing! It gave me hope to be honest lovely film worth the watch indeed.

This was a very good realistic reconnection story.