Reflecting on the legacy of Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture, "Ouvertures" follows a collective’s process of translating Édouard Glissant’s play Monsieur Toussaint from French to Creole.
The runtime is 140 minutes (2h 20m).
It was a co-production between: France, Haiti, United Kingdom.
The film was directed by Louis Henderson.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt11051576.
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Ouvertures
Released
Français,
France, Haiti, United Kingdom
