Banzo

Banzo
by Margarida Cardoso
2024 | Portugal, France, Netherlands | M14 | 2h07

1907. Afonso starts a new life on a tropical African island as a plantation doctor, where he has to treat a group of servants ‘infected’ with Banzo, the nostalgia of the enslaved. Dozens die, either from starvation or suicide. For fear of contagion, the group is sent to a rainy hill surrounded by forest. There, Afonso tries to cure the servants, but his inability to understand what is in their souls proves stronger than any solution.

with Carloto Cotta, Hoji Fortuna, Rúben Simões and Gonçalo Waddington