West Indies
Jan 02 1979
•2h 56m
•Music, History
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
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Robert Liensol
Le parlementaire
Roland Bertin
La 'Mort'
Philippe Clévenot
L'abbé
Hélène Vincent
L'assistante sociale
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