Antilles sur Seine (2000)
Directed by Pascal Légitimus

Comedy / Crime / Thriller

Film Synopsis

Horace, the popular mayor of Marie Galante, Guadeloupe, refuses to sell some land that he owns to an aggressive property developer who intends building a vast luxury apartment block on the island.  After a wild party to celebrate his birthday, Horace learns that his wife Lucia has been abducted whilst passing through Paris.  Her kidnappers insist that she will only be returned to him if he agrees to give up his land and allows the construction project to go ahead.  Not one to give in without a fight, Horace travels to Paris with his sons and sets about enlisting the support of the Antillaise community.  But time is not on their side.  They have only three days in which to find Lucia and capture her abductors...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pascal Légitimus
  • Script: Pascal Légitimus
  • Cinematographer: William Watterlot
  • Music: Pascal Légitimus
  • Cast: Chantal Lauby (Herman), Med Hondo (Horace), Edouard Montoute (Freddy), Pierre-Olivier Mornas (Inspecteur Henry), Thierry Desroses (Manuel), Greg Germain (Trumel), Théo Légitimus (Théo), Jacques Martial (Cicéron (Kidnappeur 1)), Jean-Michel Martial (Tibère (Kidnappeur 2)), Laure Moutoussamy (Lucia), Julien Maurel (Mathias Sauveur), Serge Riaboukine (Marin), Hélène Vincent (Elizabeth Sauveur), Thibaud Gizardin (Illan), Vanille Attié (Melody), Georges Mathieu (Gertrude Boisec), Cyliane Guy (Infirmière chef), José Dalmat (Mairie de Paris), Denis Brandon (France Téléfone), Marie-Christine Darah (Edf-Gdf)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 104 min

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