Costume Drama from New Orleans In fact, so-called cinema on topics related to African-American culture is limited to some cliches: exploitative cinema, action films, social dramas. Meanwhile, historical epic stories on this topic were filmed not so often.
The famous writer Anne Rice wrote a beautiful epic work, and Peter Medack filmed it. The film tells about several fates of people living in New Orleans, even before the great war between North and South.
The young Marcel, who is free, the son of an African-American and white landowner, grows up and often faces "some challenges." Other heroes of this work face the same difficulties. There is no point in telling the story in more detail. The only thing to add is that the film’s main theme is freedom, slavery and discrimination.
Taking into account the television format, the film is significantly stretched, and in essence turned into a television performance. Although the scene of the Haitian uprising is very colorful.
By the way, it is very interesting that the plot of “Feast of All Saints” is very similar to the plot “Interview with the Vampire”. Anne Rice: the loneliness of the protagonist - the action in New Orleans - the flight to Paris is seen as a path to freedom.
In the end: for a television film - a very good directing by Peter Medack and a beautiful drama base based on the work of Anne Rice. The film is played by beautiful actors - Pam Grier and James Earl Jones, although their participation can be called formal: the roles are very small.
The film of Peter Medak could be shot on the big screen with the involvement of stars of the first magnitude, for example: Jamie Foxx, Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, Anthony Hopkins.
A costume drama that could have been a super hit with other funding.
5 out of 10