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Sugar Cane Alley
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Life in the Sugar Cane
Originally titled "Rue Cases Negres" (lit. Black Shack Alley), this film is probably one of the great award-winning films that you missed (for one, because its a French film; and two, it's low-budget and has no big-name stars).
The film tells the story of a young boy named Jose who lives...
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Eye-opening and powerful.
Sugar Cane Alley was a requirement for my english class. Taking a world literature class, we studied the African and Indian voice in written text. Sugar Cane Alley illustrates the devastating effects of imperialism and colonialism on the African continent and Africans in general. Getting by the... Read full review »
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Touching 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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Touching 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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Touching 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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| Stars | Darling Legitimus | |
| Actors | Douta Seck, Garry Cadenat, Joby Bernabe | |
| Available Formats | DVD, VHS | |
| Directors | Euzhan Palcy | |
| UPC | 086112000534, 717119421045, 717119421441, 717119421533 | |
| Genre | Foreign Films | |
| Subgenre | Family Interaction • Poverty • Children • French | |
| MPAA Rating | PG (MPAA) | |
| Release Date | 1984 | |
| Running Time | 1hr 47min | |
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| Original Language | French | |
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| Screenwriter | Euzhan Palcy | |
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| Professional Reviews | (03/01/1995, p.92, Josh Rottenberg): "...Charming, poignant, and exquisitely acted..." - Recommended, (04/06/1984, p.C24, Janet Maslin): "...Palcy brings...much warmth to her film SUGAR CANE ALLEY....Simplicity and spirituality..." | |
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