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Once on This Island

Once on This Island
3h 9m•Drama•Fantasy•Romance

Adaptation of the Broadway musical. The story is set in the French Antilles in the Caribbean Sea and tells of a peasant girl who falls in love with an aristocrat. Against this backdrop, social class differences play out while the island gods wager a bet of what is stronger, love or death.

Jocelyn Bioh · Screenplay

Wanuri Kahiu · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime3h 9m
LanguageEN
Release Date—
Budget$5,900,000
Revenue$1,440,000

Actors

Joan Gardner

Joan Gardner

Gramda

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