La vieille quimboiseuse et le majordome [The Old Sorceress and the Valet]

Dir. Julius-Amédée Laou, 1987

France

Introduced by Julius-Amédée Laou

Eugénie and Armand, an elderly couple who were part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique, have been living in Paris since 1921. Eugénie, a former dancer with Josephine Baker’s Black Revue, has become a professional quimboiseuse (a practiser of black magic) for a white clientele. Armand, previously a domestic servant, is retired. During one last walk through the city they face up to their past and their stifled dreams.

6.30pm

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Image: La vieille quimboiseuse et le majordome [The Old Sorceress and the Valet], 1987 (dir. Julius-Amédée Laou). Courtesy Julius-Amédée Laou.