Sugar Cane Alley Movie Review 1983

After the loss of his parents, an 11-year-old orphan boy goes to work with his grandmother on a sugar plantation. She realizes that her young ward's only hope is an education. Set in Martinique in the 1930s among black workers. Poignant and memorable. French with subtitles.

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Available on VHS
Running time 106 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, Adoption & Orphans

Screenplay

Euzhan Palcy

Cast

Garry Cadenat, Darling Legitimus, Douta Seck

Cinematography

Dominique Chapuis

Director

Euzhan Palcy

Producer

Sumafa, Orca, N E F Diffusion