Sugar Cane Alley
1983 · Movie · 103 min. · France
Martinique, in the early 1930s. This is the story of a young boy who is orphaned at the age of 11 and sent to live with his grandmother, who works on one of the island's sugar cane plantations. Though he is bright, she realizes he has no future if he stays on the plantation. So she does what she can to keep him in school and away from the back-breaking, will-sapping hard labor to which she's devoted her life. Can he rise above his humble beginnings? Will he forget about his self-sacrificing grandmother and leave her behind?
Direction Euzhan Palcy
Cast Garry Cadenat · Darling Légitimus · Douta Seck · Joby Bernabé · Francisco Charles · Marie-Jo Descas · Marie-Ange Farot · Henri Melon · Eugène Mona · Joël Palcy
Soundtrack Groupe Malavoi
Screenplay Euzhan Palcy · Joseph Zobel
Cinematography Dominique Chapuis
Original title Rue cases nègres
6.4
27 votes (FilmAffinity)
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