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Released
1987 · FILM

The Old Sorceress and the Valet

Runtime
88 min
Language
FR
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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 dancer with Josephine Baker's Black Revue has become a professional quimboiseuse (practising black magic) for a white clientele. Armand who had been a servant is retired. Now they are both old and bitter and still quarreling with each other. One day they set out, arm-in-arm for a last promenade in the metropolis.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

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Edited by Sophie ChailleyShot by Jean Paul MiottoScored by Leona Gabrielle

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