Basic Info
Release: January 02, 1979
Runtime: 116 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.4/10 (13 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
Official 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled] (YouTube)
West Indies
1979
116 min
⭐ 6.4/10
13 votes
Overview
Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced through several centuries of French oppression. The ship becomes a stage for the people to tell stories via song and dance—from their enslavement to their displacement in Metropolitan France.
Genres
Music
History
Drama
Production Countries
- Algeria
- France
- Mauritania
Spoken Languages
- French fr
Flatrate
Criterion Channel
Cast
Robert Liensol
Le parlementaire
Roland Bertin
La 'Mort'
Philippe Clévenot
L'abbé
Hélène Vincent
L'assistante sociale
Théo Légitimus
Monnerbourg
Georges Hilarion
Monsieur Belleville
Elliot Roy
L'homme
Cyril Aventurin
Le père de famille
Fernand Berset
L'hôtelier
Gérard Bloncourt
Monsieur De la Pierre
Toto Bissainthe
Soeur Marie Joseph de Cluny
Monique Couturier
La Dame de souten
Crew
Med Hondo
Director
Daniel Boukman
Writer
Med Hondo
Writer
Med Hondo
Producer
Backdrops
Posters


