The Price of Sugar
MovieTitle | Hoe Duur Was de Suiker |
User score | 6.3 |
Release date | Sep 26, 2013 |
Genre | Drama, History |
Director | Jean van de Velde |
Production country | South Africa, Netherlands, Germany |
Production companies | Spier Films, Comet Film Produktion GmbH, Cool Beans, PVPictures |
Budget | $7,130,000 |
Run time | 120 min. |
A story about two half-sisters life in the eighteenth century Suriname. There is Lynda, a white colonial and slave owner, and her slave Mini-Mini's. While Lynda is slowly embittered by the hard life in the colony, Mini-Mini gets a chance at her own happiness. The question is, if she dares to seize that chance, as this happiness is at the expense of her mistress and half sister?