West Indies

West Indies (1979)


  • Genre: Music, History
  • Release Date: 1979-01-02
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 13 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 56min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Les Films Soleil O
  • Production Country: Algeria, France, Mauritania
  • Director: Med Hondo
star 6.4/10
From 13 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Robert Liensol

    as Le parlementaire

  • Roland Bertin

    as La 'Mort'

  • Philippe Clévenot

    as L'abbé

  • Hélène Vincent

    as L'assistante sociale

  • Théo Légitimus

    as Monnerbourg

  • Georges Hilarion

    as Monsieur Belleville

  • Elliot Roy

    as L'homme

  • Cyril Aventurin

    as Le père de famille

  • Fernand Berset

    as L'hôtelier

  • Gérard Bloncourt

    as Monsieur De la Pierre

  • Toto Bissainthe

    as Soeur Marie Joseph de Cluny

  • Monique Couturier

    as La Dame de souten

  • Jean-Paul Denizon

    as Le representant des patrons

  • Gabriel Glissant

    as Le premier acrobate

  • Elsie Haas

    as L'infirmière

  • Blanche Lolia

    as Mireille

  • Jenny Alpha

    as

  • Ti-Emile

    as

  • Maîthé Mansoura

    as Mademoiselle Flocon

  • Josy Mass

    as La mère de famille

  • Véronique Mucret Rouveyrollis

    as Colibrijoli

  • Louison Roblin

    as La tenancière

  • Mario Santini

    as Le distributer de tracts

  • Tara Schaff

    as L'assistante antillaise

  • Jean-Pierre Sentier

    as Responsable politique

  • André Weber

    as Ouvrier

  • Louis Xavier

    as Goncondor
Directing Med Hondo Director
Crew Linda Dingwall Choreographer
Sound Auguste Galli Sound
Writing Med Hondo Writer
Camera François Catonné Director of Photography
Writing Daniel Boukman Writer
Sound Georges Rabol Original Music Composer
Sound Antoine Bonfanti Sound
Sound Frank Valmont Original Music Composer
Art Georges Glon Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Josiane Deschamps Makeup Designer
Costume & Make-Up Fatiha Robichet Makeup Artist
Production Med Hondo Producer
Editing Youcef Tobni Editor
Sound Georges Rabol Orchestrator
Costume & Make-Up Michèle Cerf Costume Design
Visual Effects Gilles Baur Animation
Costume & Make-Up Ghyslain Martin Costume Design
Art Jacques Saulnier Production Design
Writing Daniel Boukman Novel

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