Les Caprices d'un Fleuve (1996)

Synopsis of Les Caprices d'un Fleuve

This peaceful French drama was filmed in the beautiful West African desert. Set in the 18th century, when the slave trade was still booming, it chronicles the complex relationships between Jean-Francois, an exiled French aristocrat, his mulatto lover, who is a widow and a slave trader, and the ten-year-old slave whom he raises as a daughter. He receives the girl after making an important deal with a local chief. Jean-Francois is entranced by the intelligent young beauty and raises the girl, Amelie, as if she were his daughter, but as she matures, he finds other feelings stirring within. Even though he continues a long distance relationship with his lover in France, and continues trysting with the widow, Jean-Francois feels closest to little Amelie. When she and other slaves are stolen by a rival tribe, he hastily sets out to save her. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Director(s):

Bernard Giraudeau

Writer(s):

Bernard Giraudeau

Producer(s):

Jean-Francois Lepetit

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