Hollow City (Na Cidade Vazia) (2004) is the first full-length movie directed by Angolan-born director Maria João Ganga.

International versions of the film are in the Portuguese language with English subtitles.

[1][2][3] The film centers around the life of an orphan named N'dala, who is taken to the city of Luanda after the death of his parents during the Angolan civil war.

Wanting to return to his hometown of Bié, N'dala flees from the nuns who have saved him into the streets of the city.

Later in the film N'dala is taken under the wing of a criminal named Joka who exploits him for his own uses.