Land of Storms

Lena disappears mysteriously during the winter of 1976 This is the last stop on a journey that begins in colonial Mozambique on new years eve at 1957 gives way to 1958 Ningo a black boy brought up by Lenas parents and her childhood friend comes to Lisbon to help find her at the request of Lenas mother Using the letters that Lena has left behind as a testament to her life in wich she has rebelled against the challenged the powers that be Ningo discovers the identity of her kidnapper Jorge Matos a former secret policeman who has followed her from Lourenço Marques motivated by morbid desire Lenas kidnapper dies from two inexplicable snake bites to the neck in accordance with a legend and ritual that had been part of Lena and Ningos childhood