Sugar Cane Alley

Rue Cases-Nègres

A stunning and devastating portrait of colonial island life in the early 20th century.

  • Director

    Euzhan Palcy

  • With

    Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus

  • France 1983. 106min

  • Digital 4K (restoration)

  • Certificate

    12A

  • French creole with English subtitles

In her feature debut, Euzhan Palcy details the colonial power struggle in 1930s Martinique through the coming-of-age of a young orphan boy. José, with the help of his beloved Grandma, is determined to escape the brutal hardships of his life on a sugar cane plantation through education. The film deservedly won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.