SUGARCANE ALLEY Movie trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Share Her Journey Ambassador Euzhan Palcy made an auspicious debut at 25 years old with this tender portrait of boyhood set in rural 1930s Martinique, which benefited from the support and mentorship of French New Wave fondateur François Truffaut.
Adapted from Joseph Zobel’s semi-autobiographical novel, Sugar Cane Alley centres on José (Garry Cadenat), an 11-year-old boy living on a cane sugar plantation under the care of his ailing but fierce-spirited grandmother M’Man Tine (Darling Légitimus) — who yearns to spare him from the same hardships that she has been forced to endure.
A vibrant and affecting view of Black life in a post-slavery colonial society, imbued with commentaries on social stratification, pan-Africanism, and masculinity, Sugar Cane Alley is deceptively slight in narrative but emotionally walloping in impact.
Winner of the Best First Film at the Césars and multiple awards at the Venice Film Festival (including the Silver Lion), the film announced Palcy as a force to be reckoned with, and brought Hollywood knocking at her door soon thereafter.