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The Train of Salt and Sugar
Film poster
Directed byLicínio Azevedo
Written byLicínio Azevedo
Starring
  • Thiago Justino
  • Melanie de Vales
  • Matamba Joaquim
  • Absalão Narduela
Production
companies
  • Ukbar Filmes[2]
  • Ébano Multimedia
  • Les Films de l'Étranger[3]
  • Urucu Media[4]
  • Panda Filmes[5]
Distributed by
  • Alambique Filmes (Portugal)[6]
  • e-cinema.com (France)[7]
  • Livres Filmes (Brazil)[8]
Release dates
  • 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) (Locarno)
  • 28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) (Portugal)
Running time
93 minutes
Countries
  • Portugal
  • Mozambique
  • France
  • South Africa
  • Brazil[1]
LanguagePortuguese
Box office$2,293[9]

The Train of Salt and Sugar (Portuguese: Comboio de Sal e Açúcar) is a 2016 internationally co-produced adventure film written and directed by Licínio Azevedo.[10] It was selected as the Mozambican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[11]

Plot

In the midst of civil war, a train with passengers and goods must travel 500 miles through guerrilla-held territory.

Cast

The cast includes:[12]

  • Thiago Justino as Salomão
  • Melanie de Vales Rafael as Rosa
  • Matamba Joaquim as Taiar
  • Absalão Narduela as Ascêncio
  • Mário Mabjaia as Adriano Gil
  • Hermelinda Simela as Amélia

See also

References

  1. ^ "Les Films de l'Etranger | the Train of Salt and Sugar". lfetranger.fr.
  2. ^ "The Train of Salt and Sugar". ukbarfilmes.com.
  3. ^ "Les Films de l'Etranger | le train de sel et de sucre". lfetranger.fr.
  4. ^ "The Train of Salt and Sugar". urucumedia.com.
  5. ^ "Comboio de Sal e Açúcar". pandafilmes.com.br.
  6. ^ "Alambique Filmes". alambique.pt.
  7. ^ https://www.e-cinema.com/film/le-train-de-sel-et-de-sucre [bare URL]
  8. ^ "Comboio de sal e açúcar". filmeb.com.br.
  9. ^ "The Train of Salt and Sugar". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  10. ^ Vourlias, Christopher (5 November 2016). "'Train of Salt and Sugar' Named Best Film at Inaugural Joburg Film Festival". Variety.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Comboio de Sal e Açúcar é o candidato moçambicano aos Óscares". publico.pt (in Portuguese). Público. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  12. ^ "The Train of Salt and Sugar, Licínio Azevedo – Mozambique – 2016". trigon-film.org. trigon-film is a Swiss film foundation. Retrieved 15 September 2023. Mozambique is in the midst of civil war. A single train connects Nampula to Malawi.


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