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Banzo (2024)

Banzo (2024)

Drama
Release Date: 2024, December 25
Directors: Margarida Cardoso
Countries: Germany, France, Netherlands, Portugal
Production: Uma Pedra no Sapato, Damned Films, BALDR Film, Les Films de l'Après-Midi
Cast: Jochum ten Haaf, Hoji Fortuna, Adriano Luz, Gonçalo Waddington, Carloto Cotta, Rúben Simões, Sara Carinhas, João Pedro Bénard, Maria do Céu Ribeiro, Matamba Joaquim, Romeu Runa, Cirila Bossuet

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?