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2011 · France · 94 min
- Director
- Fabrice Éboué, Lionel Steketee, Thomas N'Gijol
- Screenplay
- Fabrice Éboué
- Producer
- Alain Goldman
- Music
- Alexandre Azaria
- Cinematography
- Jean-Claude Aumont
- Production company
- Groupe TF1, Légende films
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What it is about
Half-brothers Régis and Joël Grosdésir are summoned to the deathbed of their estranged father in the French Antilles. He has no fortune to leave them, only a family heirloom: the certificate that freed their common ancestor from slavery. The brothers tear up the document while mocking it, and an aunt who witnesses the scene casts a spell that sends them back to the eighteenth century. There they are captured and sold as slaves and must adjust to a time they do not know. The premise blends comedy and time travel in the spirit of Back to the Future.
How it was made
The film was co-directed by Fabrice Éboué, Lionel Steketee and Thomas N'Gijol, and Éboué wrote the screenplay. Alain Goldman produced it, with Groupe TF1 and Légende Films as production companies. Alexandre Azaria composed the music and Jean-Claude Aumont shot the film. The main cast includes Éboué and N'Gijol themselves, alongside Stéfi Celma, Eriq Ebouaney and Joséphine de Meaux.
Reception and legacy
This 2011 French comedy runs 94 minutes and was made in French. The sources consulted offer little information on its critical reception, awards or later influence, so its place in French contemporary film history is not well documented.
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