Director : Melvin Van PeeblesActors : Andréa Ferréol, Jacques Boudet, Meiji U Tim'Si, Herman Van Veen, Claude Perron, Frank Delaye, Sonia HellFeature film, Fiction Production language : French Nationality : Majority French (France, Netherlands) French release : 6/28/00 Runtime : 1h 39mn Current status : Released Associate production company : Euripide ProductionsCo-production : Havas Images, Voleurs d'Ombre Productions, Harlekijn French distribution : Goutte d'Or DistributionFilm export/Foreign Sales : Films Distribution Synopsis Once upon a time, 1967 towards the end of summer…a couple appear at the doord of an orphanage. It turns out that the couple own a bistro at the edge of a forest that does a brisk business at lunchtime. The couple say that they arelooking for a nice girl to replace their daughter who normally lent them a hand at noontime. They say, theiur daughter had to go to Toulouse to take care of a maiden aunt who had suddenly fallen sick. " I am affraid that you have a mistake " says the directress of the orphanage. " This is a special orphanage st aside for girls of colonial ancestry ". The couple reply that color was only skin deep…That black, white, mixed it was all the same to them. They say that besides, as long as they were there anyway, maybe they should look around. They ask the directress did she have a girl who might be suitable ?… Festival selections | 
