Banzo

Score for a feature film by Margarida Cardoso

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.

Director and screenwriter: Margarida Cardoso
Producer: Filipa Reis, Uma Pedra no Sapato (PT)
Co-producers: Les Films de l'Apres-Midi (FR), BALDR Film (NL)
Financiers: ICA, CNC, NL Film Fund, Eurimages
Broadcaster: RTP, Arte/ZDF
Distributor NL: September Film

Banzo premièred at the IndieLisboa International Film Festival, May 2024

BANZO - Trailer (english subtitles) from uma pedra no sapato on Vimeo.