Directing
Christian Lara
Born
1939-08-24 (87)
Place of birth
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Known for
Directing
Credits
37 titles
Christian Lara was born in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe and is known as the “Father of West Indian Cinema.” Formerly a journalist (based in France) he has directed over twenty films since 1971, including Coco-La-Fleur, candidat (1978), Bitter Sugar (1998), 1802 freedom now (2004) and Lost Heritage (2009).
Known for
3.7A film about a pair of sisters, whose parents are divorcing after their father leaves their mother for a younger woman, and who plot together to try to repair their fractured family.
Une glace avec deux boules...
1982
NRWhen Pierre Mombin travels to a remote African kingdom to claim an inheritance, he discovers that he is the last male descendant of the royal family. As he learns about his lineage, he discovers a darker side to the prophecy that foretold his return.
Lost Heritage
2010
NRBenedicte, a woman in search of absolute love, arrives in Polynesia, when a mysterious sailboat appears in the lagoon. Is it chance, coincidence or destiny?
The Legend
2012
Five years after his daughter Julia is killed, Franck Cardonat, a dignitary from a Caribbean island, kills in cold blood the person who had plunged his child into the darkness of crack.
Cracking Up
2004
NRIs it possible to promote a politician like a "washing powder"? Talented publicist, Jack Cellini is convinced that the Guadeloupean senator, candidate for the presidential elections, is the perfect way to prove it, by using the candidate's color as he's black. However in France, do we also can?...
Everything Is Still Possible
2011
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Adieu foulards
1983
Behind the camera
3.7A film about a pair of sisters, whose parents are divorcing after their father leaves their mother for a younger woman, and who plot together to try to repair their fractured family.
Une glace avec deux boules...
1982
3.7A film about a pair of sisters, whose parents are divorcing after their father leaves their mother for a younger woman, and who plot together to try to repair their fractured family.
Une glace avec deux boules...
1982
NRWhen Pierre Mombin travels to a remote African kingdom to claim an inheritance, he discovers that he is the last male descendant of the royal family. As he learns about his lineage, he discovers a darker side to the prophecy that foretold his return.
Lost Heritage
2010
NRBenedicte, a woman in search of absolute love, arrives in Polynesia, when a mysterious sailboat appears in the lagoon. Is it chance, coincidence or destiny?
The Legend
2012
Five years after his daughter Julia is killed, Franck Cardonat, a dignitary from a Caribbean island, kills in cold blood the person who had plunged his child into the darkness of crack.
Cracking Up
2004
NRIs it possible to promote a politician like a "washing powder"? Talented publicist, Jack Cellini is convinced that the Guadeloupean senator, candidate for the presidential elections, is the perfect way to prove it, by using the candidate's color as he's black. However in France, do we also can?...
Everything Is Still Possible
2011
NRIs it possible to promote a politician like a "washing powder"? Talented publicist, Jack Cellini is convinced that the Guadeloupean senator, candidate for the presidential elections, is the perfect way to prove it, by using the candidate's color as he's black. However in France, do we also can?...
Everything Is Still Possible
2011
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Adieu foulards
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Les Stabiles
1969
6.8Sucre Amer tells the story of a unique court case in which an event from the past is judged by a court of history. Major figures from history are brought together in the present to re-examine the "Ignace case", about a legendary figure in the history of Guadeloupe who fought against the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte to preserve his freedom. A hero despite himself, Ignace's life and struggle were subsequently consigned to oblivion by his enemies. His treatment has left a bittersweet taste in the mouths of the people of Guadeloupe.
Bitter Sugar
1998
6.8Sucre Amer tells the story of a unique court case in which an event from the past is judged by a court of history. Major figures from history are brought together in the present to re-examine the "Ignace case", about a legendary figure in the history of Guadeloupe who fought against the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte to preserve his freedom. A hero despite himself, Ignace's life and struggle were subsequently consigned to oblivion by his enemies. His treatment has left a bittersweet taste in the mouths of the people of Guadeloupe.
Bitter Sugar
1998
6.8Sucre Amer tells the story of a unique court case in which an event from the past is judged by a court of history. Major figures from history are brought together in the present to re-examine the "Ignace case", about a legendary figure in the history of Guadeloupe who fought against the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte to preserve his freedom. A hero despite himself, Ignace's life and struggle were subsequently consigned to oblivion by his enemies. His treatment has left a bittersweet taste in the mouths of the people of Guadeloupe.
Bitter Sugar
1998
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Mamito
1980
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Chap'la
1980
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Chap'la
1980
6.0Two women are found dead, beaten to death with sticks. This is enough for rumors to spread about the return of the "man with the stick", the enigmatic character who made headlines in 1956 by murdering - using the same protocol - several women without ever being arrested, or even identified. Captain Pierre Mombin and Lieutenant Mélissa Louis-Joseph, in charge of the investigation, will attempt to solve the crimes of the present by reopening the investigation into the unsolved murders of 1956 and.... Find an answer.
L'Homme au bâton, une légende créole
2024
6.7No synopsis available yet.
1802: The Epopee Inhabitant of Guadeloupe
2006
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Le Mystère Joséphine
2009
NRTo receive a fabulous inheritance, Pierre Mombin and his accomplice friend Bruce, imagine a very curious stratagem because he must marry an Ex. But which one?
Pani pwoblem
2012
NRTo receive a fabulous inheritance, Pierre Mombin and his accomplice friend Bruce, imagine a very curious stratagem because he must marry an Ex. But which one?
Pani pwoblem
2012
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Vivre libre ou mourir
1980
No synopsis available yet.
Déchaînements charnels
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4.0Julien, the son of a minister has just married Birgitt, a Swede she met during her holidays on the French Riviera. She was recovering, having come to rest with Julien's father, a friend of her family. During the wedding cocktail, Julien remembers these holidays.
The Adulteress
1973
7.8The hopes and woes of a theater company in Africa.
Black
1987
7.8The hopes and woes of a theater company in Africa.
Black
1987
Lily, a Chinese girl brought up in strict Chinese tradition, meets Tom, a painter living with his four models in Provence, France. Although Tom is secretly condemned by an incurable disease, the painter passes his love of life and dreams to this young woman. Unexpected events awake Lily's senses and enable her to leave her "good girl" life to discover the real meaning of life.
Summer in Provence
2013
Lily, a Chinese girl brought up in strict Chinese tradition, meets Tom, a painter living with his four models in Provence, France. Although Tom is secretly condemned by an incurable disease, the painter passes his love of life and dreams to this young woman. Unexpected events awake Lily's senses and enable her to leave her "good girl" life to discover the real meaning of life.
Summer in Provence
2013
On her way back from an internship in France, Yoka, a blonde from Martinique, learns that her boyfriend is getting married the same day. On the church square, Yoka makes a scandal and swears to take revenge. Taking advantage of her job as a contract worker, she makes life impossible for the whole Bonkan family. She starts with tickets and fines for illegal trade. Paul's family complains to the town hall, but the beautiful young girl has more than one trick up her sleeve.
Une sacrée chabine
1993
8.3It shows an electoral campaign in Guadeloupe in which Coco la fleur is asked to stand for election for strategic purposes. However, when he discovers how much publicity the campaign offers, he seizes the opportunity to voice the people's grievances.
Coco-the-Flower, Candidate
1979
8.3It shows an electoral campaign in Guadeloupe in which Coco la fleur is asked to stand for election for strategic purposes. However, when he discovers how much publicity the campaign offers, he seizes the opportunity to voice the people's grievances.
Coco-the-Flower, Candidate
1979
Seeking isolation in his mansion, on a Breton island, misogynist writer Pierre Bangor has the unpleasant surprise of finding four cover-girls installed in their exuberance and artifice.
Jeu de dames
1973
Seeking isolation in his mansion, on a Breton island, misogynist writer Pierre Bangor has the unpleasant surprise of finding four cover-girls installed in their exuberance and artifice.
Jeu de dames
1973
Seeking isolation in his mansion, on a Breton island, misogynist writer Pierre Bangor has the unpleasant surprise of finding four cover-girls installed in their exuberance and artifice.
Jeu de dames
1973
Angela think that she's guilty of a car accident in which her husband and mistress died. She is in depression and convalescing when she meets a veterinarian who falls for her.
Un amour de sable
1977
NRDemba is an African who has fled an oppressive regime in his own country and is seeking asylum in Paris. One night he encounters Lucien, a policeman from the Caribbean, who speaks to him in the voice of the dominant class. But in his country Demba is a professor of History and Geography while Lucien left school early to help his mother, a cleaning lady. “YAFA Le Pardon” explores the social and economic dynamics at work in their relationship as they seek to understand each other, aided by Welcome, a Baule Komian who does not hesitate to officiate as the parties meet on the Quai de l’Oise, in the centre of Paris.
Yafa, Forgiveness
2020
6.4A teenage boy named Eric already has a gorgeous sweet-natured brunette girlfriend of his own age group, yet he develops a lustful crush on a considerably older flaxen-haired women named Helene.
Corps brûlants
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Jeux de minettes
1978
