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
Le parlementaire
Roland Bertin
La 'Mort'
Philippe Clévenot
L'abbé
Hélène Vincent
L'assistante sociale
Théo Légitimus
Monnerbourg
Georges Hilarion
Monsieur Belleville
Elliot Roy
L'homme
Cyril Aventurin
Le père de famille
Fernand Berset
L'hôtelier
Gérard Bloncourt
Monsieur De la Pierre
Toto Bissainthe
Soeur Marie Joseph de Cluny
Monique Couturier
La Dame de souten
Jean-Paul Denizon
Le representant des patrons
Gabriel Glissant
Le premier acrobate
Elsie Haas
L'infirmière
Med Hondo
Director
Med Hondo
Writer
Daniel Boukman
Writer
Daniel Boukman
Novel
Med Hondo
Producer
François Catonné
Director of Photography
Georges Rabol
Original Music Composer
Frank Valmont
Original Music Composer
Youcef Tobni
Editor
Michèle Cerf
Costume Design
Ghyslain Martin
Costume Design
Jacques Saulnier
Production Design
