Completed - FRENCH, WOLOF - Historical - 97 minutes
Year of production : 2024 Director(s) : Simon MOUTAÏROU Cast : Benoit MAGIMEL, Camille COTTIN, Ibrahima MBAYE, Anna THIANDOUM, Vassilli SCHNEIDER, Felix LEFEBVRE, Lancelot COURCIERAS Producer(s) : Hugo SELIGNAC (CHI-FOU-MI PRODUCTIONS)
1759, Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. Massamba and Mati, slaves on Eugène Larcenet’s plantation, live in fear while toiling in the sugar cane fields. Unlike her disillusioned father Massamba, Mati refuses to keep her head down and accept her fate. One night, she flees from the plantation. As the plantation owner hires the merciless slave hunter Madame de la Victoire, Massamba has no choice but to break his chains and set off on a desperate search for her daughter. As a relentless hunt ensues in the island’s unforgiving jungle, the father and daughter forever break away from the colonial order.
Country(ies) : FRANCE
Deauville 2024 (Fenêtre sur le cinéma)Prix Lumières 2025