Film

An opera from indian ocean

L'Opéra du bout du monde

“An enchanting movie for those who love opera, Madagascar, history, and music.”

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.

Regie

César Paes

Regie

Marie Clémence Andriamonta-Paes

Drehbuch

Marie Clémence Andriamonta-Paes

Drehbuch

César Paes

Status

Veröffentlicht

Veröffentlichung

28/11/2012

Originalsprache

Französisch