Robert Liensol Movies

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.

The film is a sub-story to Kirikou and the Sorceress rather than a straight sequel. The movie is set while Kirikou is still a child and Karaba is...

An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of his race.

Sucre Amer tells the story of a unique court case in which an event from the past is judged by a court of history. Major figures from history are...

During the invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, a wounded Italian soldier ends up stranded in the desert after a truck wreck. He makes his way to the...

Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced through several centuries of French...

Anita is a barmaid at the center of a community of street preachers, prostitutes, dealers and users. When a beloved friend (and young drug dealer) is...

An old couple, Eugenie and Armand, have been living in Paris since 1921 part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique. Eugenie, a former...

The recolonization of Africa, this time by the very blacks who had to flee it as exiles during the time of the original French occupation, is the...

A French TV movie directed by Jean-Christophe Averty , broadcast on December 24, 1964 . The Old Testament set in Louisiana with an all black cast.

UN's The Committee of 19 sends six scientists to investigate a biological outbreak in Africa.

A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.

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...

It shows an electoral campaign in Guadeloupe in which Coco la fleur is asked to stand for election for strategic purposes. However, when he discovers...

Taken during the filming of "West Indies," this film shows the making of the monumental set in the middle of the former Citroën factory, as well...