Completed - FRENCH - Drama, Historical
From the producer of NOVEMBER and the writer of BLACK BOX comes a poignant and epic historical drama, in which a father and daughter defy all odds to survive a manhunt and emancipate themselves from the hell of a colonial plantation.
Year of production : 2023 Director(s) : Simon MOUTAÏROU Writer(s) : Simon MOUTAÏROU Cast : Ibrahima MBAYE , Anna DIAKHERE THIANDOUM, Benoît MAGIMEL , Camille COTTIN , Felix LEFEBVRE Producer(s) : Hugo SELIGNAC (CHI-FOU-MI PRODUCTIONS), Nicolas DUMONT (CHI-FOU-MI PRODUCTIONS)
1759, Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. The island is controlled by French settlers and the deported slave population live in fear while toiling in the sugar cane plantations. Unlike her disillusioned father Massamba (Ibrahima Mbaye), 16-year-old Mati (Anna Diakhere Thiandoum) refuses to keep her head down and accept her fate. One night she flees from the plantation, hoping to escape violence and seek freedom in a remote part of the island, where a community of fugitives is said to live. As the plantation owner (Benoît Magimel) hires the merciless slave hunter Madame La Victoire (Camille Cottin) and her sons to pursue Mati, Massamba realises the brutal consequences awaiting his daughter if she’s captured. He has no choice but to break his chains and set off on a desperate search for her. 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