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Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...
FRANCE · 1990

Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...

Jean Rouch
French New Wave French Revolution Haitian independence Voodoo ritual Colonial history Franco-Haitian relations
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Synopsis

On the occasion of the bicentenary of the French Revolution, a group of Haitians in Paris undertake a voodoo ritual in front of Les Invalides, to reconcile the spirits of Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint L’Overture, the Haitian revolutionary who died as a prisoner of the French Emperor.

Year1990
CountryFrance
DirectorJean Rouch
MovementFrench New Wave
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