A Ilha dos Escravos (2008)
1h 40m
Running Time
May 8, 2008Release Date
Plot.
After a violent civil war, D. Miguel, the last Portuguese absolutist king, is defeated by the liberals, led by his brother D. Pedro. In 1834 D. Miguel left for exile. His supporters don't give up on returning him to the throne. Willing to do anything they even try to use the slaves of the colonies. A mysterious emissary is sent to Cape Verde to prepare an uprising. But other reasons were behind his visit to the archipelago ...
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Cast & Crew.
Vanessa Giácomo
Maria
Diogo Infante
Albano
Ângelo Torres
João
Zezé Motta
Old Júlia
Vítor Norte
Manuel Sampaio
João Lagarto
Boaventura
Luís Gaspar
Jerónimo Pimentel
Francisco de Assis
Sargeant Claudio
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Wiki.
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. 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.