Rue Cases-Nègres (Sugar Cane Alley) [1983]

RUE CASES-NÈGRES / SUGAR CANE ALLEY (1983)
Directed and written by Euzhan Palcy
Running Time: 103 min
Age Rating: PG (USA), G (Australia)
Awards:
Venice Film Festival (1983) - Best Actress (Darling Légitimus), Silver Lion
César Awards (1984) - Best First Work (Meilleure première oeuvre)


Synopsis
Martinique, in the early 1930s. Young José and his grandmother live in a small village. Nearly everyone works cutting cane and barely earning a living. The overseer can fine a worker for the smallest infraction. The way to advance is to do well in school. José studies hard and succeeds in an exam allowing him to attend school in the capital. With only a partial scholarship, the tuition is very costly. José and his grandmother move to Fort-de-France to make José's studies easier...

The soundtrack was written by the Martinican band Malavoi.
Note that I have uploaded their almost complete discography in a separate torrent!

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Technical info:
-Container: OpenDML AVI v2.0
-Video: XViD 1.1.2, 640 x 352 px, 23.976fps, 823 kbps, no GMC/QPel
-Audio: French MP3 CBR, 48000 Hz 128 kb/s LAME 3.98.2
-Subtitles: English (softcoded, subrip SRT)
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