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A Ilha dos Escravos
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Wikipedia article
'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 Jos Evaristo de Almeida, a Portuguese who was exiled in Cape Verde.
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 Gicomo), Joo (ngelo Torres) and Albano Lopes (Diogo Infante). Maria is the daughter of a farmer, Joo 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.
Cast
See also
*Cinema of Cape Verde
*List of Brazilian films of 2008
*List of Portuguese films of the 2000s
*List of Spanish films of the 2000s
References
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