Virgin Margarida

{{short description|2012 Portuguese drama film}}

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| name = Virgin Margarida

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| director = Licínio Azevedo

| producer = Jacques Bidou
Pandora da Cunha Telles
Marianne Dumoulin
Pablo Iraola
Pedro Pimenta

| writer = Jacques Akchoti
Licínio Azevedo

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| starring = Sumeia Maculuva
Hermelinda Cimela
Iva Mugalela
Rosa Mario

| music = Moreira Chonguiça

| cinematography = Mario Masini

| editing = Nadia Ben Rachid

| studio = Ebano Multimedia
Fonds Images Afrique du Ministère Français des Affaires Etranges
Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual
JBA
Radiotelevisão Portuguesa

Ukbar Filmes

| distributor = Marfilmes
Trigon-film

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2012|09||Toronto}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = Mozambique
France
Portugal

| language = French
Portuguese

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Virgin Margarida (theatrically as Virgem Margarida) is a 2012 Portuguese drama film directed by Mozambique director Licínio Azevedo and co-produced by Jacques Bidou, Pandora da Cunha Telles, Marianne Dumoulin, Pablo Iraola and Pedro Pimenta.{{Cite journal |last=Mulliken |first=Douglas |date=2020-01-02 |title=Confronting the Silences of History: Licínio Azevedo's Virgem Margarida and Comboio de Sal e Açúcar |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2020.1711611 |access-date=2021-10-02 |journal=Journal of Southern African Studies |volume=46 |pages=57–71 |doi=10.1080/03057070.2020.1711611|s2cid=213800329 }}{{Cite web |title=Virgin Margarida: African Film Festival, Inc. |url=https://africanfilmny.org/films/virgem-margarida-virgin-margarida/ |access-date=2021-10-02 |language=en-US}} The film stars Sumeia Maculuva with Hermelinda Cimela, Iva Mugalela, and Rosa Mario in supporting roles.{{Cite web |title="Virgem Margarida", the insurgent spirit of women: BUALA |url=https://www.buala.org/en/afroscreen/virgem-margarida-the-insurgent-spirit-of-women |access-date=2021-10-02 |website=www.buala.org}}{{Cite web |title=Virgin Margarida: Film, Trailer, Kritik |url=https://www.kino-zeit.de/film-kritiken-trailer-streaming/virgin-margarida |access-date=2021-10-02 |website=www.kino-zeit.de}} The film is about Margarida, a sixteen-year-old girl from the countryside who was taken mistakenly during 1975 Mozambique's rebirth to sweep all the prostitutes and bad habits from the streets of Maputo.{{Cite web |title=Virgem Margarida |url=https://www.trigon-film.org/en/movies/Virgem_Margarida |access-date=2021-10-02 |website=trigon-film.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2014-10-10 |title=Virgin Margarida (Virgem Margarida) |url=https://www.filmafrica.org/features-documentaries/virgin-margarida-virgem-margarida/ |access-date=2021-10-02 |website=FILM AFRICA 2020 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Virgin Margarida |url=https://africasacountry.com/tag/virgin-margarida/ |access-date=2021-10-02 |website=africasacountry.com |language=en-US}}

Virgin Margarida premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/tiff-2012-toronto-notes-licinio-azevedos-virgin-margarida|title=TIFF 2012. Toronto Notes: Licinio Azevedo's "Virgin Margarida"|work=Mubi|first=Marie-Pierre|last=Duhamel|date=12 September 2012|access-date=11 October 2021}} The film received critics positive acclaim and screened worldwide.{{Cite web |title=Virgem Margarida / Virgin Margarida « Favourites Film Festival |url=https://www.favouritesfilmfestival.de/2014/08/05/virgem-margarida-virgin-margarida-2/?lang=en |access-date=2021-10-02}}{{Cite web |title=MARFILMES |url=http://www.marfilmes.com/en/africafilms/virgin+margarida.htm |access-date=2021-10-02 |website=www.marfilmes.com}}{{Cite web |title=Festival gem: Virgin Margarida |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/festival-gem-virgin-margarida |access-date=2021-10-02 |website=British Film Institute |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Virgin Margarida (Virgem Margarida): Film - The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/movie/149918/virgin-margarida |access-date=2021-10-02 |website=www.theguardian.com}}{{Cite web |title=Virgin Margarida |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/virgem_margarida |access-date=2021-10-02 |language=en}} In 2012 at the Amiens International Film Festival, the film won the Audience Award for the Best Film. It also won the SIGNIS Award for Special Mention at the same festival. In the same year, the film was nominated for Tanit d'Or award for the Best Film at the Carthage Film Festival. In 2014, actress Rosa Mario won the Andorinha Trophy for the Best Supporting Actress at the Cineport - Portuguese Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=Virgem Margarida -accolades |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2155343/awards/ |access-date=2021-10-02}}