1 option
Biguine : la fabuleuse histoire d'une ville et de sa musique = the fabulous story of a town and its music / Kréol Productions présente ; une coproduction Kréol Productions, RFO ; un film de Guy Deslauriers ; scénario de Patrick Chamoiseau ; productrice déléguée, Yasmina Ho-You-Fat.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD/PAL 019 289 DVD + CD
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other)
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Beguines (Music)--Martinique--Saint-Pierre--Drama.
- Beguines (Music).
- Saint-Pierre (Martinique)--Drama.
- Saint-Pierre (Martinique).
- Saint-Pierre (Martinique)--Social life and customs--Drama.
- Martinique--Saint-Pierre.
- Genre:
- Musical films.
- Historical films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 audio disc (44 min. : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.)
- polychrome
- Edition:
- [Widescreen presentation].
- Other Title:
- Biguine : the fabulous story of a town and its music
- Place of Publication:
- [Fort de France, Martinique] : Hibiscus Records ; [Paris] : Kréol Productions, [2005]
- Language Note:
- In French and Creole; optional subtitles in French and English.
- System Details:
- DVD, PAL, Regions 2-9; Dolby Digital 5.1; Dolby Digital stereo.
- Accompanying CD playable on any compact disc player and most computer media systems.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby digital 5.1
- PAL
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A speculative, though elegaic, evocation of the Afro-Caribbean music on the island of Martinique, and the people who created that music. A radio disc-jockey relates the tale of the lives of her great-grandparents in late 19th century Saint-Pierre, a town on the island, which was destroyed by a volcano in 1902.
- Accompanying CD contains 16 tracks of music from the film.
- Participant:
- Micheline Mona, Max Téléphe, Nicole Dogué.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Jacques Boumendil; editor, Ailo Auguste; music, Amos Coulanges.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2004.
- Special features: making-of featurette; original theatrical trailer; stills gallery; production sketches; "Le personnages"; filmographies.
- Aspect ratio 16:9, compatible with 4:3 TVs.
- Contains:
- Biguine
- OCLC:
- 712600457
- Publisher Number:
- 3373152052393
- HR-200 Hibiscus Records
- 20523-9 Hibiscus Records
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.