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In the chateau of George Daniel de Monfreid, at the start of the 20th century, the son, Henry, fell seriously ill. Having looked death in the face, he decided to break with his comfortable “petty-bourgeois” existence. He entrusted his two sons to a young German woman close to the family and set off to travel as far as possible: Djibouti. There he traded coffee, guns and smuggled hashish. He kept up a regular, highly detailed correspondence with his father and his German friend, Armgart. These were the “Red Sea letters.”

France - 2005 - 1 h 36 mn - Super 16 mm - Colour

Director Eric Martin, Emmanuel Caussé Script Gilles Taurand based on Henry de Monfreid Camera Christophe Paturange Sound Erik Ménard Editing Gérard Parisot Music Nathaniel Mechaly Cast Arnaud Giovaninetti, Kalassahun Bekele, Élodie Navarre, Didier Pain

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