Banzo (2024)

6.8/10 • 127 min • Drama

Overview

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?

Cast

Carloto Cotta

Hoji Fortuna

Rúben Simões

Gonçalo Waddington

Sara Carinhas

João Pedro Bénard

Matamba Joaquim

Romeu Runa

Cirila Bossuet

Beatriz Batarda

Albano Jerónimo

Adriano Luz

Dinarte Branco

Jochum ten Haaf

Marcello Urgeghe

Evandro Gomes

Nuno Casanovas

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