West Indies (1979)
Music
History
Drama
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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.
Cast
Robert Liensol
Le parlementaire
Roland Bertin
La 'Mort'
Philippe Clévenot
L'abbé
Hélène Vincent
L'assistante sociale
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
Fernand Berset
L'hôtelier
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Gérard Bloncourt
Monsieur De la Pierr...
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Toto Bissainthe
Soeur Marie Joseph d...
Monique Couturier
La Dame de souten
Jean-Paul Denizon
Le representant des...
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Gabriel Glissant
Le premier acrobate
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Elsie Haas
L'infirmière