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Route cachalot (La)

  • Route cachalot (La)
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1990
Format : Short
Running time : 27 (in minutes)

Following the route of the "cachalots" (literally, "sperm whales"), these heavy trucks that transport sugar cane through the fields in bloom and the abandoned or active factories, the discovery of the sugar vocation of Reunion. How has sugar made the island evolve, what has been its influence on the life and customs of the different communities? Is the sugar factory a symbol?

Producteur / Production : SAM PRODUCTION / RFO RÉUNION
Distributeur / Distribution : Ministère de l'Agriculture

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