Sugar Cane Alley
by Euzhan Palcy
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Actor: Darling L?gitimus, Douta Seck, Francisco Charles, Garry Cadenat, Joby Bernab?Director: Euzhan Palcy
Audio: French (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: New Yorker Video
Movie Reviews of Sugar Cane Alley
Movie Review: Applicable to life anywhere 2 cultures have crossed
Summary: 5 Stars
This was an excelent film.... It is applicable to any society, particularly Criolo, or in french 'creole' society; mixing of European and African ancestry. This reminded me so much of my own Cape Verdean Culture. Although, Cape Verdeans are Criolo mostly from African and Portuguese heritage, the stories are just about the same. An interesting voice from a different part of the world, depicting human dignity, genuinity and effects of Crioloness. Highly recommend this interesting take on humanity from Creole part of the world...
Summary of Sugar Cane Alley
The richly moving tale of a young boy who growing up in the caribbean in the 1930s escapes the back-breaking work of the sugar cane fields to seek an education in the big city. Studio: New Yorker Films Video Release Date: 09/19/2006 Run time: 107 minutesTouching without being sentimental, political without being preachy, this story set in 1930s Martinique is both lyrical and powerful. Writer-director Euzhan Palcy tells 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? Palcy deals with these issues with great emotion but no false sentimentality in this poignant film. In French with English subtitles. --Marshall Fine
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