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?
Carloto Cotta
Afonso
Hoji Fortuna
Alphonse
Rúben Simões
Ismael
Gonçalo Waddington
Raimundo
Sara Carinhas
Luísa
João Pedro Bénard
Dr. Figueira
Maria do Céu Ribeiro
Adélia
Matamba Joaquim
Maianço
Romeu Runa
Augusto
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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