West Indies
1979·France·110 min.
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A musical that takes place entirely on a single set –a giant slave ship that symbolizes the triangular relationship between Africa, Europe and the Caribbean– as it explores the parallels between the forced migration of the Atlantic slave trade and the contemporary migration of Afro-Caribbean subjects to former colonial metropoles.
DirectorMed Hondo
CinematographyFrançois Catonné
CastCyril Aventurin·Fernand Berset·Roland Bertin·Gérard Bloncourt·Toto Bissainthe·Philippe Clevenot·Monique Couturier·Jean-Paul Denizon·Gabriel Glissant·Elsie Haas·Georges Hilarion·Théo Légitimus·Robert Liensol·Blanche Lolia·Maîthé Mansoura·Josy Mass·Véronique Mucret·Elliot Roy·Louison Roblin·Mario Santini·Tara Schaff·Jean-Pierre Sentier·Hélène VincentShow all
Original titleWest Indies