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The Train of Salt and Sugar

Comboio de Sal e Açucar

2016

In 1989, as civil war ravages Mozambique, a battered train crawls along sabotaged tracks between Nampula and Malawi carrying desperate passengers trading salt for sugar, braving ambushes and brutal soldiers. A harrowing, humane wartime drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Mozambique

This film is stop 6 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Mozambique. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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