Overview
On the occasion of the bicentenary of the French Revolution, a group of Haitians in Paris undertake a voodoo ritual in front of Les Invalides, to reconcile the spirits of Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint L’Overture, the Haitian revolutionary who died as a prisoner of the French Emperor.
Director
Jean Rouch
Production
Comité du film ÉthnographiqueMission du Bicentenaire de la Révolution Française