Nèg maron

Jan 19, 2005

1h 35m

★ 6.1

Overview

Two childhood friends, Joshua and Flint, are adrift in boredom in their area of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe. They're involved in petty theft and ordinary System D, until the arrival of Marcus. Caught in a spiral, the difficult choices has to be done...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

France 2 Cinéma

Mat Films

Kasso Productions

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Cast

Josua

Admiral T.

Silex

Didier Daly

Siwo

Alex Descas

Marcus

François Levantal

La mère de Josua

Jocelyne Béroard

Louise

Emile Cerito

Policier

José Coquerelle

Pedro

Stomy Bugsy

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