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ERA
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Released 15 years ago.
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Case départ
2011 1h 34m FR
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5.9
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★6.0TMDB · 567★5.9IMDB · 3,606
Comedy
Synopsis
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Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Thomas Ngijol
Joël / Gédéon
Fabrice Eboué
Régis / Gaspard
Joséphine de Meaux
Joséphine Jourdain
Etienne Chicot
Monsieur Jourdain
Ériq Ebouaney
Isidore
Michel Crémadès
Isaac
David Salles
Monsieur Henri
Stéfi Celma
Rosalie
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Thomas Ngijol
- Writers
- Jérôme L'hotsky, Fabrice Eboué, Thomas Ngijol
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Thomas Ngijol, shot by Jean-Claude Aumont. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Frédérique Olszak shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Thomas Ngijol and Fabrice Eboué and Joséphine de Meaux carry the top of the cast.
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IMDB entry: tt1821362 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Thomas Ngijol directs. Jean-Claude Aumont behind the camera. Frédérique Olszak cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 15 years ago.
- 2Directed by Thomas Ngijol, shot by Jean-Claude Aumont. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Editor Frédérique Olszak shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Thomas Ngijol and Fabrice Eboué and Joséphine de Meaux carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt1821362 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Classified under 16 themes, including "slavery", "time travel", "attempt to escape", "black humor".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Jean-Claude Aumont
- Editing
- Frédérique Olszak
- Production design
- Christian Marti
- Costume design
- Gilles Bodu-Lemoine
- Makeup / hair
- Stéphanie Guillon
- Runtime
- 94 min · 1h 34m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $8,500,000
- Original language
- FR
- IMDB rating
- 5.9/10 · 3,606 votes
Also by
Thomas Ngijol
Production companies
Who made it
Légende Films
FR
Key crew
- Costume DesignGilles Bodu-Lemoine
- Makeup ArtistStéphanie Guillon
- MusicAlexandre Azaria
- Production DesignChristian Marti
- Hair DesignerAgathe Dupuis
- Sound MixerPierre André
- EditorFrédérique Olszak
- Costume DesignPierre-Jean Larroque
- ProducerAlain Goldman
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- slavery
- time travel
- attempt to escape
- black humor
- marooned
- back in time
- french colony
- black slave
- whipping a slave
- anachronism
- changing the past or future
- sold into slavery
- antilles
- estranged brother
- malediction
- comedy
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2011-07-20
Also known as
International titles
- 从头再来CN
- 广场CN
- 穿越之旅CN
