A Ilha dos Escravos

A Ilha dos Escravos (The Island of Slaves or The Isle of Slaves) is a 2008 Cape Verdean, Brazilian, Portuguese and Spanish drama film directed by Portuguese director Francisco Manso.[2] It was based on a novel named "O Escravo" ("The Slave") written in 1856 by José Evaristo de Almeida, a Portuguese who was exiled in Cape Verde.

A Ilha dos Escravos
Directed byFrancisco Manso
Produced byLuís Alvarães
Isabel Silva
Written byCarla Baptista
Fernando Vendrell
StarringCarlos Germano
Betina Lopes
Paulo Miranda
Music byNuno Canavarro
CinematographyLuís Correia
Edited byPedro Ribeiro
Sandro Aguilar
Release date
May 8, 2008 (Brazil)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
CountryCape Verde
Brazil
Portugal
Spain
LanguagePortuguese

Plot

The film takes place during the 19th century during a revolt by Miguelists who were exiled in Cape Verde, and centres on a love triangle between Maria (Vanessa Giácomo), João (Ângelo Torres) and Albano Lopes (Diogo Infante). Maria is the daughter of a farmer, João is a slave and Albano Lopes is a Miguelist official. A troop survey of the city of Praia, instigated by officers banished in the archipelago, as a result of a defeat of the partisans by Infante D. Miguel during the Portuguese Civil War, and a historic part of the film. The rebels, contrary to their own anti-liberal convictions, try to enlist the slaved population into their field, in the absence of other human means that embodies the designs.[3]

Cast
Actor/Actress Role
Vanessa Giácomo Maria
Ângelo Torres João
Diogo Infante Albano Lopes
Zezé Motta Júlia
Milton Gonçalves Tesoura
João Lagarto Boaventura
Vítor Norte Manuel Sampaio
José Eduardo Gouveia
Josina Fortes Luísa
Filipe Porto Rezosa
Francisco de Assis Sargento Cláudio
Luís Évora Enok
Luís Gaspar Jerónimo Pimentel
Elba Silva Julia (jovem)
Francisco de Souza Pai Leonel
Susana Vieira Branca Nina Magalhães

See also

References
  1. "A ILHA DOS ESCRAVOS (FILME)" (in Portuguese). RTP. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. "Filme A ilha dos escravos terá pré-estréia em Maceió e Marechal Deodoro". Alagos 24 Horas (in Portuguese). September 22, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  3. "A ILHA DOS ESCRAVOS" (in Portuguese). SAPOMAG. 26 September 2015.
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