1759, Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. The island is controlled by French settlers and the deported slave population live in fear while toiling in the sugar cane plantations. Unlike her disillusioned father Massamba, 16-year-old Mati refuses to keep her head down and accept her fate.
Directed by Simon Moutaïrou
france
slavery
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Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
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Cast
Ibrahima Mbaye
Massamba
Anna Thiandoum
Mati
Camille Cottin
Madame La Victoire
Benoît Magimel
Eugène Larcenet
Bass Dhem
Barbe Blanche
Félix Lefebvre
Honoré Larcenet
Swala Emati
Mame Nguesso
Vassili Schneider
Baptiste
Bamar Kane
Gaoussou
Lazare Minoungou
Rado
Marc Barbé
René Magon de La Villebague
Issaka Sawadogo
Yoro
Crew
Simon Moutaïrou
Director
Hassam Ghancy
Writer
Simon Moutaïrou
Writer
Amine Bouhafa
Original Music Composer
Pierre Deschamps
Editor
Antoine Sanier
Director of Photography
Hugo Sélignac
Producer
Nicolas Dumont
Producer
Nicolas Bouvet
Sound Editor
Marie Maurin
Script Supervisor
Olivier Afonso
Makeup Effects
Alexandre Cauderlier
Stunts
Popular Reviews
50 reviews
baya
5.0★ · 04/13/26
vrai cinéphile met aussi les films qu’il a vu en cours 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏😭😭🗿🗿🗿🗿
vrai cinéphile met aussi les films qu’il a vu en cours 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏😭😭🗿🗿🗿🗿
lea
7.0★ · 02/17/26
hyper rare de voir ce genre de film dans le cinéma français mais hyper percutant et teeeellement nécessaire IbrahimaM'Baye la claque et CamilleCottin reine as always
hyper rare de voir ce genre de film dans le cinéma français mais hyper percutant et teeeellement nécessaire IbrahimaM'Baye la claque et CamilleCottin reine as always
Ludivine
8.0★ · 01/31/26
Très très beau film
(Par contre l’acting de Camille Cottin je peux pas)
Très très beau film
(Par contre l’acting de Camille Cottin je peux pas)
Mathieu
6.0★ · 11/27/25
BLM✊🏿
BLM✊🏿
LouisePRO
8.0★ · 05/19/25
should have stopped watching as soon as everything started going well 😔 it never lasts
should have stopped watching as soon as everything started going well 😔 it never lasts
