Beatriz's War

{{Infobox film

| name = Beatriz's War

| image =

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| director = Luigi Acquisto
Bety Reis

| producer = Luigi Acquisto
Lurdes Pires
Stella Zammataro

| writer = Luigi Acquisto
Irim Tolentino

| starring = Irim Tolentino
Augusta Soares
José da Costa

| music = Osme Gonsalves
Jamie Saxe

| cinematography = Valeriu Campan

| editing = Nick Calpakdjian

| studio = Dili Film Works
FairTrade Films

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| released = {{Film date|2013|9|17|df=yes}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = East Timor

| language = Tetum
Indonesian

| budget = $200,000 AUD{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/fresh-start-for-east-timors-film-scene-20131002-2urxt.html |title=Fresh start for East Timor's film scene |access-date=3 October 2013 |work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=2 October 2013 }}

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Beatriz's War ({{langx|pt|A Guerra da Beatriz}}) is a 2013 drama film directed by Luigi Acquisto and Bety Reis. It is the first full-length feature film to be produced by East Timor.{{cite web |url=http://thefilmcatalogue.com/catalog/FilmDetail.php?id=15728 |title=Beatriz's War |accessdate=3 October 2013 |work=The Film Catalogue |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029180442/http://thefilmcatalogue.com/catalog/FilmDetail.php?id=15728 |archive-date=29 October 2016 |url-status=dead }} Its premiere was on 17 September 2013 in Dili. The film was shown in the first month to 30,000 East Timorese at outdoor screenings. It was screened at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://tix.adelaidefilmfestival.org/session2_aff.asp?sn=Beatriz's+War |title=Beatriz's War |accessdate=3 October 2013 |work=Adelaide Film Festival |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103234830/http://tix.adelaidefilmfestival.org/session2_aff.asp?sn=Beatriz%27s+War |archivedate=3 November 2013 }} It won Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 44th International Film Festival of India.

Plot

The film is based on the story of Martin Guerre{{Cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/movies/review/beatrizs-war-review|title = Beatriz's War Review}} in 16th-century France, transplanted into the setting of East Timor during the Indonesian occupation. The film revolves around the life of a young East Timorese woman named Beatriz. The story begins with Beatriz meeting her future husband, Tomas, as children. The two marry young and soon after their wedding the Indonesian invasion of East Timor begins. Beatriz fights for her true love and her country.

Cast

Irim Tolentino as Beatriz: a young Timorese woman who joins the resistance struggle against the Indonesian occupation{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Jake |date=2014-07-01 |title=Beatriz's War review: East Timor's first feature shows a past most haunted |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/beatrizs-war-review-east-timors-first-feature-shows-a-past-most-haunted-20140701-zss8s.html |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}
Sandra da Costa as young Beatriz
Augusta Soares as Teresa: Tomas' sister who, at Beatriz's urging, becomes Sumitro's wife{{Cite web |last=Cockrell |first=Eddie |date=2013-10-29 |title=Beatriz’s War Review |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/beatrizs-war-review/obmbap9a0 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=SBS What's On |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Hearman |first=Vannessa |date=2018-09-05 |title=Screening East Timorese Women and History in Timor-Leste's Beatriz's War |url=https://espace.curtin.edu.au/bitstream/handle/20.500.11937/86871/86715.pdf;jsessionid=773B6CD30E1C79B7961518623FDB5397?sequence=2 |journal=Gender & History |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages= |via=Curtin University}}
Doretea Soares as young Teresa
José da Costa as Tomás dos Anjos: Beatriz's husband who is arrested by Indonesian forces and disappears{{Cite web |last=Jusuf |first=Windu |date=2014-12-21 |title='Beatriz's War': Timor Leste's first feature film |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/12/21/beatriz-s-war-timor-leste-s-first-feature-film.html |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The Jakarta Post |language=en}}
Eugenio Soares as young Tomás
Raimundo dos Santos as 19-year-old Tomás
Osme Gonsalves as Father Nicolau: a sympathetic Catholic priest
Gaspar Sarmento as Captain Sumitro: an Indonesian officer in charge of Kraras village
Funu Lakan as Celestino dos Anjos: Tomás' father and a Falintil guerrilla{{Cite web |last=Frew |first=Wendy |date=2012-09-30 |title=Love story amid blood-soaked birth of nation |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/love-story-amid-bloodsoaked-birth-of-nation-20120930-26th6.html |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}
Bety Reis as Estela: Beatriz's mother
Newtom Varudo Filipe as an Indonesian army captain{{Cite web |title=Beatriz's War |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3229248/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=IMDb}}
Evangelina Soares Gama as Kemala: Sumitro and Teresa's daughter
Nazarello Martins as Celestino Jr.: Tomás and Beatriz's son