The Train of Salt and Sugar
2016 · Movie · 93 min
★ 6.0(10)unSUB Rating
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.
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Details
- Original title
- Comboio de Sal e Açucar
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-08-10
- Language
- Portuguese
- Runtime
- 93 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.4/10 (10 votes)
Themes
- civil war
- mozambique
- civil war battle
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2018 · nominated
Cast & crew
Matamba Joaquim
as Taiar
Melanie de Vales
as Rosa
Thiago Justino
as Salomão
- MM
Mário Mabjaia
as Adriano Gil
- AM
Absalão Maciel
as Baioneta
- TX
Tonecas Xavier
as Herculano
- VR
Vítor Raposo
as Celeste Caravela
- SF
Sabina Fonseca
as Mariamu
- CB
Celeste Baloi
as Pureza
- AN
Absalão Narduela
as Ascêncio
Directed by Licínio Azevedo