
The Islands' Message
1989, Portuguese. Directed by Ruy Duarte de Carvalho.
The journey of an intellectual Creole. Before returning from Lisbon to Luanda, he stops in the Cape Verde islands in search of his ethnic and cultural roots.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 1 September 1989
- Original title
- O Recado das Ilhas
- Country
- Angola, France, Portugal
- Written by
- Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
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The Islands' Message runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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The Islands' Message isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 September 1989. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Islands' Message?
The Islands' Message (1989) was directed by Ruy Duarte de Carvalho and stars Edmea Brigham, Tchale Figueira, Simeano Montrond.