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West Indies

60 %|Jan 2, 1979|Music, History

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.

Featured Crew

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Director
Daniel Boukman
Writer
François Catonné
Director of Photography
Med Hondo
Writer
Frank Valmont
Original Music Composer
Fatiha Robichet
Makeup Artist
Daniel Boukman
Novel
Georges Rabol
Orchestrator

Cast

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Robert Liensol
Le parlementaire
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Roland Bertin
La 'Mort'
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Hélène Vincent
L'assistante sociale
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Théo Légitimus
Monnerbourg
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Georges Hilarion
Monsieur Belleville
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Elliot Roy
L'homme
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Cyril Aventurin
Le père de famille
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Fernand Berset
L'hôtelier
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Gérard Bloncourt
Monsieur De la Pierre
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Toto Bissainthe
Soeur Marie Joseph de Cluny
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Monique Couturier
La Dame de souten
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Jean-Paul Denizon
Le representant des patrons
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Gabriel Glissant
Le premier acrobate
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Elsie Haas
L'infirmière