West Indies

West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté

1979·116'

Med Hondo

DramaHistoryMusic

★ 6.5

Letterboxd TMDB #271858

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

Toto Bissainthe Soeur Marie Joseph de Cluny

Monique Couturier La Dame de souten