THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR

COMBOIO DE SAL E AÇÚCAR

URUCU MEDIA - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, SOUTH AFRICA / PROD / FIN

Historical - Completed 2016


Festivals
& Awards

Johannesburg International Film Festival 2016
Best Film
Locarno 2016
Italian Independent Critics Award,Best Production
Cairo IFF 2016
Best Director
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Historical, Drama
    • Countries
    • MOZAMBIQUE, PORTUGAL, FRANCE, SOUTH AFRICA, BRAZIL
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Synopsis
    • Mozambique is in the midst of civil war. A single train connects Nampula to Malawi. No civilians are allowed and yet hundreds risk their lives through 700km of sabotaged tracks. Salomão and Taiar are two soldiers who don’t get along. Rosa is a young nurse on her way to her first job, who soon becomes an object of desire. Mariamu, her close friend, only hopes to trade salt for sugar. Amongst bullets and laughter, life goes on and stories unfold as the train advances under attack, ever so slowly, towards the next stop.