Robert Liensol
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Biography: Robert Liensol was born on 9 September 1922 in Saint-Barthélémy, French West Indies. He was an actor, known for L'exil du roi Behanzin (1994), Target (1985) and Coco-the-Flower, Candidate (1979). He died on 13 February 2011 in Paris, France. Robert Liensol founded in 1954 and managed to 1972 the "Compagnie des Griots", the first French company of black actors. In that troupe, were Darling Légitimus, Théo Légitimus, Jenny Alpha, Bachir Touré, Toto Bissainthe, Thimotée Bassari, Lydia Ewandéand Danièle Van Berkeycke. They created "Les Nègres" by Jean Genet, directed by Roger Blin, "La tragédie du Roi Christophe" and "Une saison au Congo" by Aimé Césaire both directed by Jean-Marie Serreau. He merged the Griots company with the "Shango" theatre troupe of Med Hondo called "Griots-Shango"in 1972.
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Kirikou and the Sorceress
Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his vil...
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Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
Kirikou's Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to ...
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The Old Sorceress & the Valet
An old couple, Eugenie and Armand, have been living in Paris since 1921 part of the wave of post-war...
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The Making of West Indies
Taken during the filming of "West Indies," this film shows the making of the monumental set in the m...
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Time to Kill
During the invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, a wounded Italian soldier ends up stranded in the desert af...
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Snow
Anita is a barmaid at the center of a community of street preachers, prostitutes, dealers and users....
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L'exil du roi Behanzin
Evocation of the ruthless war which opposed from 1890 to 1894 the French colonial army to the young ...
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Bitter Sugar
Sucre Amer tells the story of a unique court case in which an event from the past is judged by a cou...
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Oh, Sun
An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of hi...
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Coco-the-Flower, Candidate
It shows an electoral campaign in Guadeloupe in which Coco la fleur is asked to stand for election f...
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The Committee of 19
UN's The Committee of 19 sends six scientists to investigate a biological outbreak in Africa....
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West Indies
Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced ...
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Les verts pâturages
A French TV movie directed by Jean-Christophe Averty , broadcast on December 24, 1964 . The Old Tes...
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Périgord noir
The recolonization of Africa, this time by the very blacks who had to flee it as exiles during the t...
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