Two childhood friends, Joshua and Flint, are adrift in boredom in their area of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe. They're involved in petty theft and ordinary System D, until the arrival of Marcus. Caught in a spiral, the difficult choices has to be done...
Acting
Admiral T.'s raw stillness vs Levantal's terrifying ease.
Direction
Barny lets Sainte-Rose breathe like a character.
Cinematography
Turquoise paradise slowly curdling into claustrophobia.
Director
Jean-Claude Barny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Admiral T. was already a massive zouk artist; this was his dramatic debut. The casting blurs art and life.
Barny filmed in his own hometown. The 'boredom' Joshua and Flint feel? That's real economic stagnation post-departmentalization.
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