Film Synopsis
Joël and Régis are two half-brothers whose only connection
is the father they hardly know. Joël is unemployed and
blames his inability to find work on his skin colour and French
racism. Régis, by contrast, denies he is black and
is fully integrated into French society. The two brothers are
summoned to the death-bed of their father in Antilles. The dying
man places into their hands their inheritance, an ancient document
which granted freedom to their slave ancestors. Not appreciating
the symbolic importance of this document, the brothers destroy
it. Witnessing this thoughtless act is a mysterious old
aunt who has been watching the brothers since they arrived in
Antilles. To punish them, she sends them back in time, to the era
of slavery. Not long after their arrival in 1780, Joël and
Régis are sold at a slave market. They must now set aside
their differences and work together if they are ever to escape a
slave's harsh life on the plantation and return to the 21st century...
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Film Credits
- Director: Lionel Steketee, Fabrice Eboué, Thomas N'Gijol
- Script: Fabrice Eboué, Thomas N'Gijol, Jérôme L'hotsky
- Cinematographer: Jean-Claude Aumont
- Music: Alexandre Azaria
- Cast: Fabrice Eboué (Régis Grosdésir),
Thomas N'Gijol (Joël Grosdésir),
Stefi Celma (Rosalie),
Eriq Ebouaney (Isidore),
Etienne Chicot (M. Jourdain),
Catherine Hosmalin (Madame Jourdain),
David Salles (M. Henri),
Franck de la Personne (Le curé),
Joséphine de Meaux (Joséphine Jourdain),
Franck Migeon (Le gendre),
Max Baissette de Malglaive (Victor Jourdain),
Alain Fromager (Le premier chasseur d'esclaves),
Sylvain Tempier (Le second chasseur d'esclaves),
Michel Crémadès (Isaac),
Isabel del Carmen Solar Montalvo (La vieille tante),
Doudou Masta (Le chef des Neg' Marron),
Jean-Claude Duverger (Grosdésir père),
Jean-Yves Rupert (Jocelyn Grosdésir),
Vincent Solignac (Le marchand d'esclaves),
Souleymane Diamanka (Hamadou)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 94 min