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The Price of Sugar

Original title: Hoe duur was de suiker
  • 20132013
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.6K
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Gaite Jansen and Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing in The Price of Sugar (2013)
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The Price Of Sugar tells the alternately gripping, romantic and heart-wrenching story of Sarith and Mini-Mini as they grow up on the sugar plantations of Suriname in the latter half of the e... Read allThe Price Of Sugar tells the alternately gripping, romantic and heart-wrenching story of Sarith and Mini-Mini as they grow up on the sugar plantations of Suriname in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Where Sarith is the most beautiful woman in the colony, the mulatto Min... Read allThe Price Of Sugar tells the alternately gripping, romantic and heart-wrenching story of Sarith and Mini-Mini as they grow up on the sugar plantations of Suriname in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Where Sarith is the most beautiful woman in the colony, the mulatto Mini-Mini is forever in her shadow, slave to her own half-sister.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
    • Jean van de Velde
    • Cynthia McLeod(novel)
    • Jean van de Velde(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gaite Jansen
    • Neil Sandilands
    • Anna Raadsveld
    • Jean van de Velde
    • Cynthia McLeod(novel)
    • Jean van de Velde(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gaite Jansen
    • Neil Sandilands
    • Anna Raadsveld
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    • 7User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Gaite Jansen
    Gaite Jansen
    • Sarith
    Neil Sandilands
    Neil Sandilands
    • Reinder Almersma
    Anna Raadsveld
    • Elza
    Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing
    Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing
    • Mini-Mini
    Yannick van de Velde
    Yannick van de Velde
    Benja Bruijning
    Benja Bruijning
    • Nathan
    Carel Nel
    Carel Nel
    • Von Beunekom
    Daniel Janks
    Daniel Janks
    • Father Nassy
    Werner Kolf
    Werner Kolf
    Kees Boot
    Kees Boot
    • Julius Robles Medina
    Genelva Krind
    Genelva Krind
    Jaap Spijkers
    Bart Klever
    Estelle Terblanche
    Estelle Terblanche
    • Rebecca
    José Domingos
    José Domingos
    • Slave Merchant
    Deirdre Wolhuter
      De-Wet Nagel
      • Rich merchant
      Bart van der Schaaf
      • Slavendrijver
      • (voice)
        • Jean van de Velde
        • Cynthia McLeod(novel)
        • Jean van de Velde(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        Released as both a theatrical 2 hour film and an extended mini-series for television consisting of four 45 minute episodes.
      • Goofs
        Nathan mentions trying for the post of ambassador to Italy in Rome. Italy was not a unitary state until the mid 19th century, and the city of Rome at the time was the capital of the Papal States, ruled directly by the Pope.
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        Released as both a theatrical 2 hour film and an extended mini-series for television consisting of four 45 minute episodes.
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      User reviews7

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      i, unfortunately, have to agree with the only other reviewer...
      pardon the pun, but i felt this movie was a little too sugar-coated...

      it DID represent situations that were 'realistic'/violent...but, overall, it felt like a bit of Hollywood fluff...happy/no loose ends ending and all... i'm only writing this review b/c a)there's only one other(all that was REALLY necessary, imo)review and b)i wanted people to have a better feel for whether or not to see it. again, the other reviewer covered it pretty well...some scenic photography...a bit of what plantation life might've been like in, what is now, suriname... i'm an 'american transplant' now taken root in Holland/nederland. i already know of this aspect of dutch history, if it can be so called. for, to me, it's of course part of suriname history which the dutch happened to play a part in. let's face it, suriname was there before the dutch arrived so i hope to see no insulted responses to this comment. same as 'america'. it existed, along with the indigenous peoples, before the white man ever arrived... the movie is pleasant, if that's what you're looking for. well done but does not 'dive deep'. which is where pearls are found, no?
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      • Jan 27, 2014

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      • Release date
        • September 26, 2013 (Netherlands)
        • Netherlands
        • Germany
        • South Africa
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        • South Africa
      • Production companies
        • Comet Film Produktion GmbH
        • Cool Beans
        • PV Pictures
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