Jacques Boumendil

Martinique late nineteenth century. Abandoning the plantation where they work, Hermansia and Tiquitaque, a couple of musicians, settled in Saint-Pierre. But they quickly disillusioned: career took off in a little town that is only interested in Western music. Begins for the couple a long drift during which they will learn these new sounds, these new music from elsewhere.

A realistic look at the horrors of the slave trade, told entirely through the voice of a dead African slave whose spirit haunts the ocean route.

Дезире — сын владельца крупного ресторана и любитель редких рыбок. Он влюбляется в красивую итальянку Мертиль, и она приезжает к нему во Францию. И не одна, а с друзьями. В это же время в этой же гостинице останавливается турецкий магнат, страстный коллекционер рыбок. И Дезире оказывается втянутым в тщательно продуманный преступный сценарий Мервиль и ее друзей. Их цель — обобрать богатого турка.

Evocation of the ruthless war which opposed from 1890 to 1894 the French colonial army to the young Ahydjere Behanzin, king and living god of Dahomey, who ended in his surrender and his exile.

Jean is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone her with explanations. Sometimes she is responsive but other times hangs up on him. Meanwhile, a 16-year-old male prostitute with whom Jean had a brief homosexual affair stalks the painter.