The film Soleil Ô, shot over four years with a very low budget, tells the story of a black immigrant who makes his way to Paris in search of “his Gaul ancestors”. This manifesto denounces a new form of slavery: The immigrants desperately seek work, a place to live, but find themselves face to face with indifference, rejection, humiliation…until the final call for uprising. “Soleil Ô” is the title of a West Indian song that tells of the pain of the black people from Dahomey (now Benin) who were taken to the Caribbean as slaves.
Directing | Med Hondo | Director |
Writing | Med Hondo | Writer |
Sound | George Anderson | Original Music Composer |
Camera | François Catonné | Director of Photography |
Camera | Jean-Claude Rahaga | Director of Photography |
Editing | Michèle Masnier | Editor |
Editing | Clément Menuet | Editor |
Visual Effects | Jean-François Laguionie | Animation |
Camera | Denis Bertrand | Camera Operator |
Art | Med Hondo | Production Design |
Sound | Yves Allard | Sound |
Sound | Alain Contreault | Sound |
Sound | Jean-Paul Loublier | Sound |
Camera | François Pailleux | Assistant Camera |