Siméon (1992)
Directed by Euzhan Palcy

Fantasy / Music

Film Synopsis

The old Caribbean music teacher Siméon is dead but his spirit lives on.  Orélie, a charming young girl, lives with her father Isidore, an unemployed guitar player and the ghost of the recently deceased Siméon.  She persuades Siméon  to help her father pursue a common goal: to create some Creole music.  To that end, Isidore and Siméon's ghost leave for Paris to make a record.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Euzhan Palcy
  • Script: Jean-Pierre Rumeau, Euzhan Palcy
  • Cinematographer: Philippe Welt
  • Music: Bruno Coulais
  • Cast: Jean-Claude Duverger (Simeon), Jacob Desvarieux (Isidore), Jocelyne Beroard (Roselyne), Lucinda Messager (Orélie), Albert Lirvat (Albert), Jean-Michel Martial (Max), Gerty Dambury (Lucie), Jean-Claude Naimro (Charlie), Pascal Légitimus (Philomene Junior), Carina Barone (L'Esprit Carina), Hamid Belhocine (Cuivre Jocaranda), Philippe Calodat (Willy), James Campbell (Ernest), Frédéric Caracas (Fred), Carnot (Maitre Carnot), Colette Casside (Mme Desjardins), Ketty Céleste (Mme Violette), Mildred De Laurentiis (Magali), Mathieu Denval (Petit tambourinaire), Cesar Durcin (Cesar)
  • Country: France
  • Language: -
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 115 min

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