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A Ilha dos Escravos
A Ilha dos Escravos

A ILHA DOS ESCRAVOS

Directed by Francisco Manso
Brazil, Cape Verde, 2008
Drama

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.