Movielogr
Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
Directed by Euzhan Palcy
Overview
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…
Length 103 minutes
Actors
Garry Cadenat | Darling Légitimus | Douta Seck | Joby Barnabé | Francisco Charles | Marie-Ange Farot | Marie-Jo Descas | Henri Melon | Eugène Mona | Joël Palcy | Serge Abattucci | Samuel Abraham | Albert Adea | Jose Aloha | Dominique Arfi | Dorothee Audibert | Emmanuel Beaudi | Louis Luc Bernex | Emilie Blameble | Norita Blamelbe | Gisèle Boisan | Emile Caserus | Max Cilla | Francis Coco | Mathieu Crico | Leon De la Guigneraye | Céline Delaunay-Belleville | Virginie Delaunay-Belleville | David Fadeau | Bernard Fergant | Clothaire Grivallier | Mathieu Grivallier | Victor Grivallier | Jacques Guinchard | Michael Guitteau | Tania Hamel | Miguel Huret | Sonia Joseph | Richard Labetan | André Lehr | Serge Lof | Maïté Marquet | Félix Mence | Monique Nelson | Ghislaine Pierre-Nicolas | Roger Promard | Joby Ravenet | Joseph Rene-Corail | Lina Sabinus | Laurent Saint-Cyr | Lucette Salibur | Edgar Septua | Félix Ursulet | Joseph Zobel