Banzo

Category: Movies •

Genre: Drama •

Rating: 6.75

Director: Margarida Cardoso,

Writer: Margarida Cardoso,

Cast: Carloto Cotta, Hoji Fortuna, Rúben Simões, Gonçalo Waddington, Sara Carinhas, João Pedro Bénard, Maria do Céu Ribeiro, Matamba Joaquim, Romeu Runa, Cirila Bossuet, Beatriz Batarda, Albano Jerónimo, Jó do Mocho, Adriano Luz, Dinarte Branco, Jochum ten Haaf, Marcello Urgeghe, Evandro Gomes, Nuno Casanovas, Cesário Monteiro,

Language: pt

Country: Portugal, Portuguese Republic

Release Date: December 25, 2024

Plot: 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?