Romance / Drama /

Score: 44.0%( 11 votes )

Overview: Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.

Cast:

Robert Ri'chard
Marcel Ste. Marie

Peter Gallagher
Philippe Ferronaire

Gloria Reuben
Cecile Ste. Marie

Jennifer Beals
Dolly Rose

Ossie Davis
Jean-Jacques

Ruby Dee
Elsie Claviere

Pam Grier
Suzette Lermontant

Jasmine Guy
Juliet Mercier

James Earl Jones
Older Marcel

Eartha Kitt
Lola Dede

Ben Vereen
Rudolphe Lermontant

Forest Whitaker
Daguerreotypist Picard

Bianca Lawson
Anna Bella Monroe

Nicole Lyn
Marie

Alec McClure
Vincent Dazincourt

Victoria Rowell
Josette Metoyer

Daniel Sunjata
Christophe Mercier

John Gilbert
Maglorie Dazincourt

Nicole Lyn
Marie Ste. Marie

Jenny Cooper
Aglae Dazincourt

Rachel Luttrell
Lisette

Larissa Gomes
Dolly Rose

Okiki Kendall
Voodoo Dancer

Jason Olive
Richard Lermontant

Walter Borden
Grampere Lermontant

Richard Eden
Robert Beauchamp

Clive Revill
Notary Jacquemine

Toby Proctor
Henri Delande

Karen Glave
Zazu

Phoenix Gonzales
Christina

Yvette McKoy
Slave Auction Mother

George Seremba
Felix

Uma Venkataramaiah
Shireen