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Directed by Julius-Amédée Laou

Mist Melodies of Paris

23m

Directed by Julius-Amédée Laou • 1985 • France
Starring Greg Germain, Christine Amat, Cyril Edouard

Julius-Amédée Laou’s second short film depicts the devastating effects of colonialism on the individual via a portrait of a West Indian man haunted by traumatic memories and the shame of having fought for the French in Algeria.

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