Crystal Globe Competition 2024 / Banzo / Portugal, France, Netherlands 2024
In 1907, Afonso arrives on a tropical island not far from the African coast, where he has been tasked with treating a group of workers plagued by a mysterious affliction called banzo, also known as slave nostalgia. Those affected feel an intense homesickness, fall into apathy, lose the strength to live, and eventually die. Afonso slowly discovers that it is not enough to treat the physical symptoms; he must understand the soul of those who have been uprooted. The oppressive atmosphere of the isolated tropical island forms the backdrop for a story from the dark colonial past in which humanity is put to the ultimate test. Banzo is also a reminder that there is more than one way to interpret the past, and that behind every story is a person telling the story.
Sandra Hezinová
127 min / Color, DCP
International premiere
Director Margarida Cardoso
/ Screenplay Margarida Cardoso
/ Dir. of Photography Leandro Ferrão
/ Sound Jaap W. Sijben
/ Editor Pedro Filipe Marques
/ Producer Filipa Reis
/ Production Uma pedra no sapato
/ Coproduction Les films de l'après-midi, Damned films, Baldr Film
/ Cast Carloto Cotta, Hoji Fortuna, João Pedro Bénard, Gonçalo Waddington, Sara Carinhas, Ruben Simões, Maria Do Céu Ribeiro, Matamba Joaquim, Romeu Runa, Cirila Bossuet
/ Sales Uma Pedra no Sapato
/ Contact Gloria Zerbinati
Margarida Cardoso (1963, Portugal). Selected filmography: Two Dragons (Dois Dragões, 1996), The Earth Seen from the Clouds (A Terra Vista das Nuvens, 1998), The Murmuring Coast (A Costa dos Murmúrios, 2004), Do Something! (Era Preciso Fazer as Coisas, 2007, doc.), Yvone Kane (2014), Sita - The Life and Times of Sita Valles (Sita - A Vida e o Tempo de Sita Valles, 2022), Banzo (2024).
Uma Pedra no Sapato
Calçada Moinho de Vento 14A, 1150-236, Lisbon
Portugal
Phone: +351 211 913 524
E-mail: [email protected]
Gloria Zerbinati
E-mail: [email protected]
Margarida Cardoso
Film Director
Hoji Fortuna
Actor
Filipa Reis
Producer
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