Banzo

2024 127 min. Portugal, France, Netherlands Margarida Cardoso

Panorama

29apr17:3019:4017:30 - 19:40 BanzoFirst ScreeningYelmo Cines Las Arenas Screen 4Event Type PANORAMA


03may20:3022:4020:30 - 22:40 BanzoLast ScreeningYelmo Cines Las Arenas Screen 8Event Type PANORAMA


Director
Margarida Cardoso

Screenplay
Margarida Cardoso

Cinematography
Leandro Ferrão

Editing
Pedro Filipe Marques

Music
Rutger Zuydervelt

Sound
Jaap W. Sijben

Producer
Filipa Reis, François d’Artemare, Yohann Cornu, Frank Hoeve, Katja Draaijer

Production
Uma Pedra no Sapato [PT], Les Films de l’Après-Midi [FR], Damned Films [FR], Baldr Film [NL]

Cast
Carloto Cotta, Hoji Fortuna, Rúben Simões, Gonçalo Waddington, Sara Carinhas, João Pedro Bénard

Synopsis
Dr Afonso arrives on the island of São Tomé to care for a group of servants affected by a strange virus known as banzo, which causes them to experience profound and deadly sadness. Their unstoppable disease is treated apathetic by the authorities, leading the patients to a fatal fate.

Format
DCP, Color

World Sales-Distribution
Uma Pedra no Sapato

Filmography
Margarida Cardoso
PORTUGAL (1963)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
2024 BANZO
2022 SITA - A VIDA E O TEMPO DE SITA VALLES
2014 YVONE KANE
2004 A COSTA DOS MURMÚRIOS / THE MURMURING COAST
2003 KUXA KANEMA - O NASCIMENTO DO CINEMA / KUXA KANEMA - THE BIRTH OF CINEMA

Festivals
Karlovy Vary, Seville

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