Patria Incerta
Director Inês Gonçalves & Vasco Pimentel
Countries Portugal
Duration 52 min
Synopsis
"Pátria Incerta" examines an aspect of colonisation that nobody ever speaks about: the tendency of colonial societies to produce a unique civilisational synthesis. For 450 years Goa was part of the Portuguese colonial empire, turning her back on the rest of India. During the first sixty years of occupation, half the population (which was very cultured, structured and Hindu) was forced to convert to the Catholic faith.
"Pátria Incerta" examines an aspect of colonisation that nobody ever speaks about: the tendency of colonial societies to produce a unique civilisational synthesis. For 450 years Goa was part of the Portuguese colonial empire, turning her back on the rest of India. During the first sixty years of occupation, half the population (which was very cultured, structured and Hindu) was forced to convert to the Catholic faith.