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The first to tread the soil of the earth of the Reunion Island were those exiled from Madagascar. First limited to use as a stopover, the island of Bourbon (as it was then called) continued to endure events, which buffeted it like typhoons, and the island withdrew into itself. It avoided both the abolition of slavery and civil war. The French Revolution would allow it to at last come into its own. The film deals with that identity today, with the clash between memory and amnesia, exuberance and decay, between the flow of lava and the beating of the waves.

France - 2002 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Patrick Viret Script Patrick Viret Camera Jean-Luc L'Huillier Sound Jean-Noël Durand Editing Jean-Paul Haustère

Production Atlante Productions, 2 bis, rue Dupont de l'Eure, 75020 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)6 8160 9437 Fax : +33 (0)1 4367 4935 E-mail : atlanteprod@wanadoo.fr Co-Production Réseau France Outre-mer - Réunion, Le Théâtre Vollard

Sales Atlante Productions, 2 bis, rue Dupont de l'Eure, 75020 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)6 8160 9437 Fax : +33 (0)1 4367 4935 E-mail : atlanteprod@wanadoo.fr