The Feast of All Saints Movie

The Feast of All Saints
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Run Time: 105 min
MPAA Rating: R
Released: 2001
Directors: Peter Medak
Genre/Type: Drama
Period Film
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Plot Synopsis by Mark Deming
Based on a story by Anne Rice, this made-for-cable miniseries explores the little-known phenomenon of the "Gens de Couleur Libres," or "Free People of Color," who lived in Louisiana at a time when slavery still held a stranglehold on much of the South. In 1822, it was not at all uncommon for attractive women of color to be retained as a "placage," a sort of "kept woman" who served the wishes of wealthy landowners, and after Philippe Ferronnaire (Peter Gallagher) enters into a loveless arranged marriage with Aglae (Jenny Levine) in order to curry the favor of her elderly (and very well-to-do) father Magloire Dazincourt (John Gilbert), he soon finds himself the father of two families -- one raised by Aglae, and another raised by his "placage" Cecile Ste. Marie (Gloria Reuben), a lovely bi-racial woman from Haiti. Philippe's son with Cecile, Marcel Ste. Marie (Robert Richard), is raised with the promise that, even though Philippe cannot officially acknowledge his parenthood, he will receive a first-class education in Europe, and Marcel finds himself travelling between the worlds of wealthy whites and economically disadvantaged Creoles in New Orleans. In time, Marcel falls in love with a girl of similar circumstances, Anna Bella (Bianca Lawson), but as fate would have it, her guardian, Elsie Claviere (Ruby Dee), has already arranged for the girl to enter into a "placage" with Vincent Dazincourt (Alec McClure), who happens to be Philippe's brother-in-law. Directed by Peter Medak, Feast of All Saints also features Ben Vereen and Ossie Davis.

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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. full summary | add synopsis
･ 1 Begin your preparations well in advance. You will need enough time to make arrangements for all the... ･ 2 Decide on the number of people you'd like to have at the feast. Are you planning a party, a get-together... ･ 3 Send out your inv...
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Actors Character Born
Gloria Reuben Cecile Ste. Marie Jun 9, 1964 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Peter Gallagher Philippe Ferronnaire Aug 19, 1955 in Armonk, NY
Jennifer Beals Dolly Rose Dec 19, 1963 in Chicago, IL
Robert Ri'chard Marcel Ste. Marie
Ossie Davis Jean-Jacques Dec 18, 1917 in Cogdell, GA
Ruby Dee Elsie Claviere Oct 27, 1924 in Cleveland, OH
Pam Grier Suzette Lermontant May 26, 1949 in Winston-Salem, NC
Jasmine Guy Juliet Mercier Mar 10, 1964 in Boston, MA
James Earl Jones Older Marcel Jan 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, MS
Eartha Kitt Lola Dede Jan 17, 1927 in Columbia, SC
Ben Vereen Rudolphe Lermontant Oct 10, 1946 in Miami, FL
Forest Whitaker Daguerreotypist Picard Jul 15, 1961 in Longview, TX

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