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8.1
/10
97 Ratings

SUGAR CANE ALLEY

Rue cases nègres

Directed by Euzhan Palcy
Martinique, France, 1983
Drama
  • 103103 minutes

Synopsis

1930, on a sugar cane plantation in Martinique live José, a bright, mischievous 11-year-old, and his grandmother, a tough, wise woman determined to save him from the hard life she has known.

Synopsis

1930, on a sugar cane plantation in Martinique live José, a bright, mischievous 11-year-old, and his grandmother, a tough, wise woman determined to save him from the hard life she has known.