A Ilha dos Escravos

Brazil, Cape Verde, Portugal, Spain

2008

100 Min

Color

Portuguese

Currently 1.0/5 Stars.
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PROD Ana Costa, David Quintans

CAST Vanessa Giácomo, Filipe Porto, Diogo Infante, Ângelo Torres, Milton Gonçalves, Francisco de Assis, Zezé Motta, Josina Fortes, Vítor Norte, José Eduardo

The film was inspired by the novel The Slave written in 1856 by Portuguese Evaristo de Almeida, exiled in Cape Verde. The story unfolds in the nineteenth century, during a revolt by the miguelistas who are then are exiled in Cape Verde. The story focuses on a love triangle involving the daughter of a farmer, a slave and an official Miguelist. —Publico

In the mid-1800s, a mysterious gentleman arrives at the Portuguese African colony of Cape Verde with complex political designs. Would-be historical epic undone by its laughably amateurish, soap-opera-level handling and technical credits. —The Flickering Wall

Director

Francisco Manso

Francisco Manso was born November 28, 1949 in Lisbon (Portugal). He produced and directed films and documentaries for television and film since 1981. His most notable “Terra Nova Mar Velho” (1981) “Filhos do vento e da estrada” (1988) Alentejo cantado (1991) and “O testamento do senhor napumoceno” (1994). —Africulture