The Train of Salt and Sugar

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]

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[1]
  • Ébano Multimedia
  • Les Films de l'Étranger[2]
  • Urucu Media[3]
  • Panda Filmes[4]
Distributed by
  • Alambique Filmes (Portugal)[5]
  • e-cinema.com (France)[6]
  • Livres Filmes (Brazil)[7]
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[8]
LanguagePortuguese
Box office$2,293[9]

Plot

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

Cast
  • 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
  • Melanie de Vales Rafael as Rosa

[12]

See also

References
  1. "The Train of Salt and Sugar".
  2. "Les Films de l'Etranger | le train de sel et de sucre".
  3. "The Train of Salt and Sugar".
  4. "Comboio de Sal e Açúcar".
  5. "Alambique Filmes".
  6. https://www.e-cinema.com/film/le-train-de-sel-et-de-sucre
  7. "Comboio de sal e açúcar".
  8. "Les Films de l'Etranger | the Train of Salt and Sugard".
  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. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  11. "Comboio de Sal e Açúcar é o candidato moçambicano aos Óscares" (in Portuguese). Público. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  12. "The Train of Salt and Sugar".
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