When the Stars Meet The Sea
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Raymond Rajaonarivelo
Jean Rabenjamina
Barbara Razanajao
Aimee Razafindrafarasoa
Rondro Rasoanaivo
Louis Vahandanitra
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Tracing the destiny of Kapila, an outcast child who had been deemed by his fellow villagers to have supernatural powers of destruction, because of the timing of his solar eclipse birth. As a result, Kapila rides through his alienating adolescence and tumultuous adulthood while constantly having to come to terms with the fact that everyone in his former native Madagascan village--his father foremost--wished his immediate death, upon his being born. As a newborn infant, he had been put in a cattle pen to be trampled to death--the traditional way superstitious vilagers get rid of babies born during this astronomical alignment. The baby was rescued by a brave girl, Raivo, who relocated to another village and raised him as her own child. Named Kapila (cripple) because of the leg injury sustained in the cattle pen, of which he only has a vague memory, the misanthropic child matures into outcast teen who must learn to rise above his stigma-- and face his own demons by returning to his native village.
Director
Raymond Rajaonarivelo
Cast
Jean Rabenjamina
Barbara Razanajao
Aimee Razafindrafarasoa
Rondro Rasoanaivo
Louis Vahandanitra
Joseph Ranizafilahy
Crew
Santiago Amigorena
Bernard Bolzinger
Jean-pierre Houel
Nathalie Hubert
Manu Katche
Jacques Leglou
Vincent Mateu-ferrer
Bruno Privat
Raymond Rajaonarivelo
Raymond Rajaonarivelo
Suzanne Schiffman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States May 1996
Released in United States October 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States April 1998
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1996.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.
Shown at "4th New York African Film Festival" (Walter Reade) in New York City April 15-24, 1998.
Released in United States May 1996 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1996.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.)
Released in United States April 1998 (Shown at "4th New York African Film Festival" (Walter Reade) in New York City April 15-24, 1998.)
