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West Indies

West Indies

6.4/10 TMDB1979Music116 minutes

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.

Hélène Vincent
L'assistante sociale
RO
Roland Bertin
La 'Mort'
GA
Gabriel Glissant
Le premier acrobate
RO
Robert Liensol
Le parlementaire
AN
André Weber
Ouvrier
JE
Jenny Alpha
TH
Théo Légitimus
Monnerbourg
FE
Fernand Berset
L'hôtelier
LO
Louison Roblin
La tenancière
PH
Philippe Clévenot
L'abbé
TO
Toto Bissainthe
Soeur Marie Joseph de Cluny
MA
Mario Santini
Le distributer de tracts

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Official 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]

Official 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]

Trailer

MusicHistoryDrama
116 minutes
Français
Algeria
January 2, 1979

WHERE TO WATCH

US

Stream

Criterion Channel

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RATINGS

6.4/10
TMDB's User Score
13 votes