Les Caprices D'un Fleuve

Produced in 1995

Film Information

Festival Edition 1998 - Edition 2

Section Panorama

Director Bernard Giraudeau

Country France

Duration 111 min

Language French

Category Panorama 1998

Producer Flach Film - Jean-François Lepetit, Les Films de la SAGA, Le Studio Canal

Screenplay Bernard Giraudeau

Cast Bernard Giraudeau, Richard Bohringer, Thierry Fremont, Roland Blanche

Genre International Feature Film

Synopsis

In 1787, France is already seething with inevitable revolution. The Age of Enlightenment ignites. Jean-François de la Plaine is banished from the kingdom for having killed the King's friend. Leaving his beloved Louise in France, he is exiled to the African coast where he is to govern a tiny colony - a trading post on the banks of a capricious river. Within this exotic culture, sensuality, violence, and love have different fragrances. Here, in the heart of trade, slavery, and tribal wars, he is confronted with himself in a way never before experienced. Though his tumultuous, uncertain voyage, forging ahead on the bends of this unpredictable river in the center of Africa, Jean-François will live out his new revolution in the attempt to bring tolerance to the fore.

Full Description

In 1787, France is already seething with inevitable revolution. The Age of Enlightenment ignites. Jean-François de la Plaine is banished from the kingdom for having killed the King’s friend. Leaving his beloved Louise in France, he is exiled to the African coast where he is to govern a tiny colony - a trading post on the banks of a capricious river. Within this exotic culture, sensuality, violence, and love have different fragrances. Here, in the heart of trade, slavery, and tribal wars, he is confronted with himself in a way never before experienced.