Isaach De Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, François Cluzet
A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's houseboy, Protee - a man...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 24, 2001
Stats: 90 reviews
Not the Johny Depp vehicle, but a film about a French woman returning to her childhood home in Cameroon. Evenly paced, without much actiion, but an interesting reflection on nostalgia, with some nice humour.
True story of a young woman's childhood in West Africa in a Colonial outpost. The story concentrates on the strong definitions of the classes there at that time and the difficulties of living in a racist society. We see this all through a child's eyes which is interesting. Thi...( read more)
this was interesting. i had mistakely got it because i thought that it was the one with johnny dep
Wonderful movie - a bit slow in places. Great storyline. Enjoy the subtle undercurrent of passion between the main two characters; a forbidden love that should have been.
Nice scenery, decent actors, but this is Denis before she got interesting.
A gorgeous film about a young girl growing up in Africa during the last days of French colonialism.
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