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Case départ

  • 20112011
  • 1h 34m
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Fabrice Eboué and Thomas Ngijol in Case départ (2011)
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  • Directors
    • Lionel Steketee
    • Fabrice Eboué
    • Thomas Ngijol
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    • Fabrice Eboué
    • Thomas Ngijol
    • Jérôme L'hotsky
  • Stars
    • Fabrice Eboué
    • Thomas Ngijol
    • Stéfi Celma
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    • Fabrice Eboué
    • Thomas Ngijol
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    • Thomas Ngijol
    • Jérôme L'hotsky
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    • Thomas Ngijol
    • Stéfi Celma
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    Catherine Hosmalin, Franck de la Personne, Joséphine de Meaux, and Fabrice Eboué in Case départ (2011)
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    Fabrice Eboué
    Fabrice Eboué
    • Régis Grosdésiras Régis Grosdésir
    Thomas Ngijol
    Thomas Ngijol
    • Joël Grosdésiras Joël Grosdésir
    Stéfi Celma
    Stéfi Celma
    • Rosalieas Rosalie
    Eriq Ebouaney
    Eriq Ebouaney
    • Isidoreas Isidore
    Etienne Chicot
    Etienne Chicot
    • M. Jourdainas M. Jourdain
    Catherine Hosmalin
    • Madame Jourdainas Madame Jourdain
    David Salles
    • M. Henrias M. Henri
    Franck de la Personne
    Franck de la Personne
    • Le curéas Le curé
    Joséphine de Meaux
    • Joséphine Jourdainas Joséphine Jourdain
    Franck Migeon
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    Max Baissette de Malglaive
    Max Baissette de Malglaive
    • Victor Jourdainas Victor Jourdain
    Alain Fromager
    • Le premier chasseur d'esclavesas Le premier chasseur d'esclaves
    Sylvain Tempier
    • Le second chasseur d'esclavesas Le second chasseur d'esclaves
    Michel Crémadès
    Michel Crémadès
    • Isaacas Isaac
    Isabel del Carmen Solar Montalvo
    • La vieille tanteas La vieille tante
    Doudou Masta
    • Le chef des Neg' Marronas Le chef des Neg' Marron
    Jean-Claude Duverger
    • Grosdésir pèreas Grosdésir père
    Jean-Yves Rupert
    • Jocelyn Grosdésiras Jocelyn Grosdésir
    • Directors
      • Lionel Steketee
      • Fabrice Eboué
      • Thomas Ngijol
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      • Jérôme L'hotsky
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    Two completely opposed half-brothers make the trip to Martinique to find their dying father. In a last breath, he tells them that his most precious possession is the authentic document that freed their ancestors from slavery. Disappointed by what constitutes in their eyes a meager heritage, the two brothers, mad with rage, tear up the precious document, this sacrilege then propels them back in time to experience slavery firsthand. —Canon y mus
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    • Trivia
      French visa # 126377 delivered on 17-6-2011.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Simply Black (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Le soleil donne
      Written by Laurent Voulzy and Alain Souchon

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    8/10
    A smart and funny comedy
    Roberto Benigni's La Vitta e Bella tried to bring comedy into a concentration camp. Some have loved the result, but many have complained that the camp didn't look as hard as it really was, or that it was too easy to depict the nicest Jews against the evil Nazis.

    Case Départ avoids both of these problems: the two heroes are both horrible, horrible persons, and their exposition scenes are small masterpiece in dark humor. And then, when, through the spell of a witch, they go back to 1780 at the time of slavery, the scenes are really painful to watch. You got the chains, the whip... They hardly toned it down to keep it funny.

    You gotta hand it to the writers, who managed to make a comedy about slavery, when few things are less funny. But the movie also has quite a social statement to make, and makes it smartly as well as funnily. By having the two main characters representing one extreme of being Black in France (one is an "Oreo", the other a never-do-good who blames Whites first)... as you can guess, by the end of their journey, they will both have learned something important about their identity.

    I recommend this film wholeheartedly.
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    • Nov 11, 2012

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    • Release date
      • July 6, 2011 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Casilla de partida
    • Filming locations
      • Cuba
    • Production companies
      • Légende Films
      • TF1 Films Production
      • Mars Films
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    • Budget
      • €6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $16,374,243
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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