A Martiniquais man dreams of the moon while colonial ghosts haunt the stars.
Martinique Island, 1974. Inspired by the writings of the Martiniquais poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913-2008), the dreamer Robert Saint-Rose, known as Zétwall (Star in Creole), aspires to be the first Frenchman to step on the lunar surface.
Direction
Elie-Dit-Cosaque weaves Césaire's poetry through intimate verité.
Cinematography
Lush Martinique landscapes collide with DIY space fantasies.
Director
Gilles Elie-Dit-Cosaque
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aimé Césaire co-founded négritude, a literary movement rejecting colonial dehumanization; his poetry here becomes Zétwall's spiritual launchpad.
The 1974 setting matters: France had just made Martinique an overseas department, a 'gift' that many saw as continued subjugation—space travel as escape from assimilation's trap.
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