Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.
Acting
Ngijol and Eboué's frantic chemistry sells every absurd moment.
Writing
Anachronistic slang weaponized against plantation horror.
Director
Lionel Steketee
Thomas Ngijol
Joël / Gédéon
Fabrice Eboué
Régis / Gaspard
Joséphine de Meaux
Joséphine Jourdain
Etienne Chicot
Monsieur Jourdain
Ériq Ebouaney
Isidore
Michel Crémadès
Isaac
David Salles
Monsieur Henri
Stéfi Celma
Rosalie
Catherine Hosmalin
Madame Jourdain
Franck de la Personne
Le curé
Max Baissette de Malglaive
Victor Jourdain
Doudou Masta
Le chef neg'marron
Blanche Gardin
Corinne
Marie-Philomène Nga
Madame Diawara
Vincent Solignac
Le marchand d'esclaves
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during France's fraught 2011 debates on colonial memory, it sparked controversy for treating slavery as comedy fodder—defended by creators as 'laughing to keep from crying.'
The three directors (two stars plus Steketee) shot the plantation scenes in Morocco after failing to secure historic Caribbean locations that would allow the stunts.
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