又名：West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty
It’s winter in France, the light is dull, the camera pans over a snowy wasteland and enters a massive construction of steel and glass that is open at the sides, stopping in front of the reproduction o
名称：西印度群岛 又名：West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty 年代：1979 类型：剧情 语言：法语 国家：法国 / 毛里塔尼亚 / 阿尔及利亚 导演：梅德·翁多 编剧：Daniel Boukman / 梅德·翁多 演员：Cyril Aventurin / 费尔南·贝尔塞 / 罗兰·伯汀 / Gérard Bloncourt / Toto Bissainthe / 菲利普·克利夫诺 剧情：It’s winter in France, the light is dull, the camera pans over a snowy wasteland and enters a massive construction of steel and glass that is open at the sides, stopping in front of the reproduction of a wooden ship. The structure that juts out over the upper deck is inscribed with the words ‘Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité’.
Med Hondo uses this tracking shot to establish the setting of his feature film West Indies ou les nègres marrons de la liberté (1979), while opening up a much larger space to the imagination at the same time. The ship turns out to be a most versatile stage for a grotesque narrative of colonialism, slavery and the struggle for independence in the French West Indies. Med Hondo explores his many themes in this limited space, whether it be the Middle Passage, marronage, abolition or the history of labour migration to France. The film marries an aesthetics of thrift with the flamboyance of a musical; different time periods glide into one other as elegantly as the geographical points of reference; and only occasionally do the actors’ visible exhalations, an alienation effect created by the cold, remind us that West Indies was not shot on Martinique.
Title：West Indies Year：1979 Genre：Drama / Musical Language：French Country：France / Algeria / Mauritania Director：Med Hondo Writer：Daniel Boukman / Med Hondo Actors：Cyril Aventurin / Fernand Berset / Roland Bertin Plot：This vast musical fresco covers hundreds of years of history from enslavement to 20th-century immigration. Set on an enormous slave ship and boasts a dazzling array of brilliant choreography, wide-ranging musical styles and sharp satire.
