Benito Cereno
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1971
French release13/10/1971
Runtime1 h 20 min
Synopsis
When Captain Amaso Delano approaches a three-masted ship in distress to offer his assistance, he discovers a most unusual situation: its captain, Don Benito Cereno, seems to command a very scant crew, moreover composed only of Africans. Cereno is in very bad condition and apparently survives only thanks to the affectionate care of his faithful body-servant slave Atimbo. When Delano leaves the dilapidated ship to seek relief, Cereno jumps in the boat and explains to the Americans that he has been the victim of a revolt of the slaves. The ship is now in their hands...
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Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Les Films Niepce, King Productions, Les Films 13
- French distribution : Les Films Niepce
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Serge Roullet
- Screenwriter : Serge Roullet
- Director of Photography : Ricardo Aronovich
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Claude Laureux
- Author of original work : Herman Melville
- Producer : Claude Lelouch
- Co-producer : Claude Lelouch
- Camera Operator : Jacques Assuerus
- Assistant Editor : Jean-François Naudon
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1971
- French release : 13/10/1971
- Runtime : 1 h 20 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 34.538
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
