SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
83 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq. In French and Cape Verdean Creole with English subtitles.
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Cléo is six years old, has glasses and a dad - but has lost her mother to cancer. Fortunately, there is Gloria, her nanny, who loves her and whom Cléo adores. However, Gloria's mother has also died, and she must return to her native island of Santiago in Cape Verde to care for own children Cléo is shocked, and is only cheered up by the promise that she will be able to join Gloria in her village over the summer.