West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté (1979)
Title: West Indies
Original Title: West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté
Release Date: 1979-01-02
Status: Released
Rating: 6.4/10 (from 13 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Music, History
Production Companies: Les Films Soleil O, Office National de Cinema Mauritanian, R.T.A., Societe Interafricaine de Production Cinemagraphique, Yanek Films
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
Georges Hilarion
Monsieur Belleville
Elliot Roy
L'homme
Cyril Aventurin
Le père de famille
Fernand Berset
L'hôtelier
Gérard Bloncourt
Monsieur De la Pierre
