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directed by Lionel Steketee, Fabrice Eboué and Thomas N'Gijol.
Plot
Half-brothers Régis (Fabrice Eboue) and Joel (Thomas N'Gijol) Grosdésir are called to their estranged father's deathbed in the
French Antilles
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. He has nothing to bequeath them but the family treasure - the certificate of manumission that freed their common ancestor from slavery.
Unfortunately Régis and Joel are observed by their aunt (Isabel del Carmen Solar Montalvo) as they tear the precious document up and mock it. She is enraged and casts a spell to send them back to the 18th century, where they are immediately picked up and sold as slaves. In a ''
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'' style coming-of-age storyline they must help their great-grandparents to meet and fall in love, if they have any hope of returning to their lives - or to a better version of themselves.
Cast
* Fabrice Eboué – Régis Grosdésir
* Thomas N'Gijol – Joël Grosdésir
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Stéfi Celma – Rosalie
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2010s French-language films
2011 films
French comedy films
Films about race and ethnicity
Films about slavery
Films set in the 18th century
Films set in the 1770s
Films shot in Cuba
2011 comedy films
Films directed by Lionel Steketee
Films directed by Fabrice Eboué
2010s French films
2010s films about time travel
Films scored by Alexandre Azaria
Mars Films films
French-language comedy films
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