1759, Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. The island is controlled by French settlers and the deported slave population live in fear while toiling in the sugar cane plantations. Unlike her disillusioned father Massamba, 16-year-old Mati refuses to keep her head down and accept her fate.
Ibrahima Mbaye
as Massamba
Anna Thiandoum
as Mati
Camille Cottin
as Madame La Victoire
Benoît Magimel
as Eugène Larcenet
Bass Dhem
as Barbe Blanche
Félix Lefebvre
as Honoré Larcenet
Swala Emati
as Mame Nguesso
Vassili Schneider
as Baptiste
Bamar Kane
as Gaoussou
Lancelot Courcieras
as Joseph
Lazare Minoungou
as Rado
Marc Barbé
as René Magon de La Villebague
