A French count's island paradise? More like colonial powder keg with a side of family drama.
1915. Louis, aged 17, arrives on Reunion Island to find his father, Count Kerdiguen. He has built himself a new family with Salima, his native partner, and their daughter Sita. Between the white and native communities, tensions are increasingly mounting...
Cinematography
Reunion Island lushness contrasts brutally with human ugliness.
Acting
Mati Diop before Atlantics—watch her eyes do everything.
Director
Gabriel Aghion
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mati Diop, who plays Sita, became the first Black woman to direct a film in Cannes competition with Atlantics (2019).
Réunion's 'petit blanc' class anxiety—poor whites terrified of losing racial privilege—drives the film's violence more than simple hatred.
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