2 Films & TV Shows Set In Sao Tome and Principe

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  Sea and the Jungle

  🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe

  Angolares are the oldest inhabitants of the island of São Tomé. Control of the island was wrested from them in the late 19th century, and their descendents have been reduced to a small fishing community. This fascinating film explores the tangled history of the Angolares and their beautiful island.

  Released in 2005 • 52 minutes
• Little Fruit from the Equator

  🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe The 1990s

  The story is an allegory, combining narrative aspects of comedy films, documentary films, fairy tales, and road movies. The story starts with a dying old woman, who is calling for her distant son. Her calls take solid form in the shape of a giant breadfruit, which falls from the sky right in front of her son's residence. Realizing that this is a message from his mother, the son sets out to find her and takes the fruit with him. His trek across the island involves interactions both with people who are either amused or disturbed by his abnormal fruit, and with those to whom the fruit seems to an answer to their "fantasies", "desires and dark longings".

  Released in 1998 • 75 minutes