Euzhan Palcy

French film director, writer and producer

January 13, 1958 (66 years old)

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The Brides of Bourbon Island

V.O.: Les Mariées de l'isle Bourbon

Fr. 2007. Social drama by Euzhan Palcy with Jean-Yves Berteloot, Sara Martins, Cécile Cassel. In the 17th century, orphan girls and prostitutes were sent to Réunion Island to marry French settlers and contribute to the repopulation.

Runtime: 180 min.

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The Killing Yard

U.S. 2001. Court drama by Euzhan Palcy with Alan Alda, Morris Chestnut, Rose McGowan. The trial of a black prisoner who participated in the bloody 1971 Attica Prison riot.

Runtime: 110 min.

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Ruby Bridges

U.S. 1997. Social drama by Euzhan Palcy with Chaz Monet, Lela Rochon, Penelope Ann Miller. In Louisiana in the 1960s, a Black girl experiences many difficulties when she is integrated into a school attended by whites.

Runtime: 96 min.

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Siméon

Fr. 1992. Tale by Euzhan Palcy with Jean-Claude Duverger, Lucinda Messager, Jacob Desvarieux. The ghost of a music teacher encourages a young West Indian mechanic to pursue a career in music.

Runtime: 115 min.

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A Dry White Season

U.S. 1989. Social drama by Euzhan Palcy with Donald Sutherland, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow. A Johannesburg teacher, whose Black gardener was killed by the police, decides to sue the culprits.

Runtime: 106 min.

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Sugar Cane Alley

V.O.: Rue Cases Nègres

Fr. 1983. Social drama by Euzhan Palcy with Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Joël Palcy. In the 1930s, the childhood of a young boy in Martinique who is gifted in school.

Runtime: 106 min.