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Original name: Banzo
English name: Banzo
Year: 2024
Run time: 127 minutes
Language: Portuguese
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Portugal, France, Netherlands
Director: Margarida Cardoso
Producer: Filipa Reis
Cast: Carloto Cotta, Hoji Fortuna, João Pedro Bénard, Gonçalo Waddington, Sara Carinhas, Ruben Simões
Screenplay: Margarida Cardoso
Cinematographer: Leandro Ferrão
Editor: Pedro Filipe Marques
Sound Designer: Vincent Sinceretti, Evelien Molen
Music Composer: Rutger Zuydervelt
Costume Designer: Sylvia Grabowski
Production Designer: Arthur Pinheiro
Production Company: Uma Pedra No Sapato
World Sales: Uma Pedra No Sapato
Margarida Cardoso started as a filmmaker in 1995, exploring subjects that cross her personal history and experiences, as well as prominent post-colonial issues in recent Portuguese history, such as the Portuguese revolution and the colonial war in Africa. Her filmography includes features Sita – The life and times of Sita Valles (2022), Understory (2019), Yvone Kane (2015), The Murmuring Coast (2004), Kuxa Kanema – The Birth of Cinema (2003) and the short Among Us (1999).
1907. Afonso starts life anew on a tropical island off the African coast, as a plantation physician. He is tasked with treating servants “infected” by Banzo, a profound homesickness fatal to many enslaved people who succumb to starvation or take their own lives. To prevent spreading, the group is sent to a secluded hill encircled by forest. Afonso tries to heal them, but understanding their spirits is a challenge stronger than any medical intervention.
