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A Ilha dos Escravos (2008)

Directed by Francisco Manso

Overview

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 ....

Length 100 minutes

Actors

Vanessa Giácomo | Diogo Infante | Ângelo Torres | Zezé Motta | Vítor Norte | João Lagarto | Luís Gaspar | Francisco de Assis | José Eduardo | Milton Gonçalves | João Brás | José Neves