French Wedding, Caribbean Style

Oct 17, 2002

1h 29m

★ 9.0

Overview

In Julius Amédée-Laou's biting dramedy, a supposedly joyful interracial wedding descends into chaos when long-buried prejudices and family secrets rise to the surface. Told through the cocky lens of the bride's younger brother, what begins as a lighthearted summer affair turns nightmarish as scandal threatens to destroy the unlikely couple's big day.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Les Films de la Baleine

Jakaranda

RFO

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Cast

Nestor

Dieudonné

Grand-papé

Loulou Boislaville

Anazinga

Nicole Dogué

Clarisse

Mylène Wagram

Shacka

Daniel Njo Lobé

Lucien Thérésin

Emile Abossolo M'bo

Ériq Ebouaney

Emilie Benoît

Michelle Maillet

Magaly Zoublir-Nicholson

Tishou Kane

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