Latin American Film Festival

AZU

Saturday 5 September | 6pm

Country: Venezuela
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre: Drama/Adventure
Length: 100 minutes
Release: 2013
Directed By: Luis Alberto Lamata
Written By: Dario Scott & Luis Albert Lamata

Rated: R16

In 1780, an African woman is forced into slavery and sold at auction. Don Manuel Aguirre, the sugarcane farmer who buys her becomes obessed and has no idea her ancestral destiny will disrupt his plantation. A group of slaves flee the sugar plantation and they are now seeking refuge. Action, mysticism and the struggle for identity join in this story with a feminine edge filled with magic and density of the forests.

CAST

Flora Syvestre as Azu
Pedro Duran as Yunga
Juvel Vielma as Don Manuel

 

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Gillies Group Theatre

Entry by Donation