| A Ilha dos Escravos | |
| Director: | Francisco Manso |
| Producer: | Luís Alvarães Isabel Silva |
| Starring: | Carlos Germano Betina Lopes Paulo Miranda |
| Cinematography: | Luís Correia |
| Music: | Nuno Canavarro |
| Editing: | Pedro Ribeiro Sandro Aguilar |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes[1] |
| Country: | Cape Verde Brazil Portugal Spain |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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.[2] 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.
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 Giácomo), João (Ângelo Torres) and Albano Lopes (Diogo Infante). Maria is the daughter of a farmer, João 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.[3]
| Actor/Actress | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Vanessa Giácomo | Maria | |
| Ângelo Torres | João | |
| Diogo Infante | Albano Lopes | |
| Zezé Motta | Júlia | |
| Milton Gonçalves | Tesoura | |
| João Lagarto | Boaventura | |
| Vítor Norte | Manuel Sampaio | |
| José Eduardo | Gouveia | |
| Josina Fortes | Luísa | |
| Filipe Porto | Rezosa | |
| Francisco de Assis | Sargento Cláudio | |
| Luís Évora | Enok | |
| Luís Gaspar | Jerónimo Pimentel | |
| Elba Silva | Julia (jovem) | |
| Francisco de Souza | Pai Leonel | |
| Susana Vieira | Branca Nina Magalhães |