Soleil Ô

Soleil Ô

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  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Language(s): Français (French)
  • Director(s): Albert S. Rogell, Med Hondo, Bretaigne Windust, Hélène Guétary, Sherry Shourds See all Crew
  • Cast(s): Bette Davis, Joe E. Brown, Robert Liensol, Theo Legitimus, Helen Foster See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 38min
  • Music: Jean-Paul Loublier,Alain Contreault,Yves Allard,George Anderson,Robert B. Lee
  • Award(s): Golden Leopard 1970 (Won)
    WGA (Screen) 1949 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Souleymane's Story, Last Bullet
  • Story:

    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. Written and directed by Med Hondo. Starring Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Greg Germain in the lead roles.

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STORY

Story

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. Written and directed by Med Hondo. Starring Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Greg Germain in the lead roles.

AWARDS

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Nominations
WGA (Screen) Award

Best Written American Comedy | 1949

TRIVIA

Trivia

Movie debut of Debbie Reynolds.

Bette Davis wanted Jack Carson or Dennis Morgan for the lead, but was convinced by the director and producer that Robert Montgomery had more box-office appeal at the time.

Edith Head's first time designing costumes for Bette Davis.

Because the Thomas E. Dewey/Harry S. Truman presidential race was going on during filming, one of Mary Wickes' character's lines was shot with both candidates names in it. The original print used Dewey as the winner. When Truman unexpectedly won, the other version was quickly printed and rushed to theaters.

The method for strengthening hard cider mentioned in this movie was also referred to in W.C. Fields' movie Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935). Fields was arrested for making "Jersey Lightning" by freezing hard cider, which concentrates the alcohol by removing water.