Banzo

Banzo

127 mins | May 28, 2024

1907. Afonso, a doctor, arrives at Principe Island to cure servants from a cocoa plantation “infected” with Banzo, nostalgia of the slaves, who are dying from starvation and suicide. The group is confined to the forest, where Afonso decides to heal them by trying to understand what is affecting their soul. Will he manage to save them?

Banzo

127 mins | May 28, 2024

Banzo
1907. Afonso, a doctor, arrives at Principe Island to cure servants from a cocoa plantation “infected” with Banzo, nostalgia of the slaves, who are dying from starvation and suicide. The group is confined to the forest, where Afonso decides to heal them by trying to understand what is affecting their soul. Will he manage to save them?
Producers BALDR, Uma Pedra no Sapato, Les Films des Apres-Midi, DAMNED FILMS
Original title Banzo
Directors Cesário Monteiro, Inês Garcia-Marques, Margarida Cardoso
Writers Margarida Cardoso

Cast

Matamba Joaquim

as Maianço

Romeu Runa

as Augusto

Albano Jerónimo

as Harris

Jochum ten Haaf

as Capitão

Adriano Luz

as Curador

Evandro Gomes

as Murata

Dinarte Branco

as Actor