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Once on This Island

3h 9m
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Drama
Fantasy
Romance

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Adaptation of the Broadway musical. The story is set in the French Antilles in the Caribbean Sea and tells of a peasant girl who falls in love with an aristocrat. Against this backdrop, social class differences play out while the island gods wager a bet of what is stronger, love or death.

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CAST

Joan Gardner
Gramda
Directed by Wanuri Kahiu

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$5,900,000
Revenue
$1,440,000
Production
Walt Disney Pictures, Marc Platt Productions, D.C. Productions
Country
US

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