1930: on a sugar cane plantation in Martinique lives José, a bright mischievous 11-year-old and his grandmother, a tough, wise woman determined to save him from the hard life she has known. When Jose wins a scholarship, she is ready to sacrifice everything for his chance at an education and an escape from the fields. Based on the novel by Joseph Zobel.
Winner of the Silver Lion and the best actress award, for Darling Légitimus, at the 1983 Venice Film Festival.
Rue Cases Nègres
1983
103 min.
Fiction
France, Martinique
France, Martinique, awarded films, international film festivals, black experience, maturing, female directors
Colorido
Euzhan Palcy
Euzhan Palcy
Dominique Chapuis
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé, Francisco Charles, Marie-Jo Descas, Marie-Ange Farot, Henri Melon, Eugène Mona, Joël Palcy
Michel Loulergue, Alix Régis, Claude Nedjar, Jean Luc Ormières
SU.MA.FA. Productions, Orca Productions, NEF Diffusion
Groupe Malavoi
JMJ International Pictures
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