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An opera from indian ocean

Documentary

0.0

Release Date

November 28, 2012

Duration

96 min

Status

Released

Language

fr

Overview

In the wings of the opera "Maraina", the film combines history and oral memory, to recount in music the first contacts between the natives in the Indian Ocean Islands and the Europians. The film follows the cast's fantastic journey to the place where it all began: Fort-Dauphin, in southern Madagascar. Two differents versions of a moment in African history: one related by the French officers back in the mid-17th century, and the other one by the Malagasy people. The characters tell their own vision of a common past. There was war of course but there were also love stories between those young French soldiers and beautiful Malagasy princesses. A fascinating voyage through Madagascar today, at the heart of its beliefs.

Casts

Aurore Ugolin

Aurore Ugolin

Landy Ambriamboavonjy

Landy Ambriamboavonjy

Karim Bouzra

Karim Bouzra

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