The Old Sorceress & the Valet

(1987)

★ 6 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Year: 1987

Runtime: 88 мин

Country: France

Director: Julius-Amédée Laou

Cast: Jenny Alpha, Robert Liensol, Jacques Martial, Christine Amat, Jean-François Perrier, Sophie Paul, Jean-Claude Fall, Michel de Meaulnes, Christine Mantelli, Rachel Cohen

Plot

An old couple, Eugenie and Armand, have been living in Paris since 1921 part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique. Eugenie, a former dancer with Josephine Baker's Black Revue has become a professional quimboiseuse (practising black magic) for a white clientele. Armand who had been a servant is retired. Now they are both old and bitter and still quarreling with each other. One day they set out, arm-in-arm for a last promenade in the metropolis.