The film storyline is based on the colonialism, imperialism, religion and national malaise.
However, the film was criticised for its slow phased screenplay, obscure plots and lack of dialogues but was praised for its visual storytelling and poetic narration with some critics calling the film similar to a documentary version.
[5] According to The Africa Report, it was ranked among top ten most notable African films of 2022.
[6] The characters have one thing in common as they encounter with a plastic statue of the Virgin Mary which was put for megasale by a power-hungry Chinese merchant.
The Chinese merchant exploits the majority of Catholicism in Angola and intends to rake huge sums of profits through the Virgin Mary doll which was shipped into Luanda from an overseas nation and the Virgin Mary doll would soon go on to make profound effects on the inhabitants in Angola.