Banzo
6.6
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?
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Cast
20 people
Carloto Cotta
Afonso
Known for
Elite
Diamantino
Hoji Fortuna
Alphonse
Known for
Tribes of Europa
Moonhaven
Rúben Simões
Ismael
Also in
Vadio
Projecto Global
Gonçalo Waddington
Raimundo
Also in
Glória
Grand Tour
Sara Carinhas
Luísa
Known for
The Strange Case of Angelica
João Pedro Bénard
Dr. Figueira
Also in
Grand Tour
Recollections of the Yellow House
Maria do Céu Ribeiro
Adélia
Also in
Dialogues After the End
Matamba Joaquim
Maianço
Also in
The Portuguese Falcon
The Train of Salt and Sugar
Romeu Runa
Augusto
Also in
If It's Tuesday, It's Murder
Clear Nights
Cirila Bossuet
Guilhermina
Also in
Madre Paula
Pedro, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Beatriz Batarda
Alice
Known for
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Night Train to Lisbon
Albano Jerónimo
Harris
Known for
The One
Turn of the Tide
Margarida Cardoso Director · Rutger Zuydervelt Composer Leandro Ferrão Cinematographer
First release May 28, 2024 · Produced in France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal · Production Damned Films, BALDR Film
Production
Uma Pedra no Sapato
Production
Damned Films
Production
BALDR Film
Production
Les Films de l'Après-Midi
Production
France · Germany · Netherlands · Portugal
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Portugal · May 28, 2024
Premiere · IndieLisboa International Film Festival
Portugal · January 23, 2025
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Bulgaria
October 9, 2025 · Premiere · OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Bulgarian Edition
China
December 7, 2024 · Premiere · Hainan Island International Film Festival
Czechia
July 4, 2024 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
France
December 25, 2024 · Theatrical
Poland
November 18, 2024 · Premiere · Camerimage International Film Festival
Ukraine
September 8, 2025 · Premiere · OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Ukrainian Edition
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