The Price of Sugar(Movie, 2013)

Name: The Price of Sugar
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2013
Duration: T02:0:00
Rating: 3.2

Original title: "Hoe Duur Was de Suiker" (Dutch/NL)

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 13 votes)

The Price of Sugar (Dutch: Hoe duur was de suiker) is a 2013 Dutch drama film based on the eponymous novel by Cynthia McLeod. The film premiered as the opening film of the Netherlands Film Festival on Wednesday 25 September 2013. The Kijkwijzer labelled it as for 16 years and above and also gave the warnings of violence, coarse language and discrimination. The miniseries was shown by VARA in February and March 2014. The first broadcast took place on Saturday 8 February 2014 in the Netherlands. The series uses the same footage as in the film, but the series has over an hour of additional film material. ()

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About The Price of Sugar

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?

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Production countries: Germany, Netherlands, South Africa

Shot in: Cape Town

Made by: PVPictures, Comet Film Produktion GmbH, Cool Beans, Spier Films

Original language: Dutch (NL)

Spoken languages: Dutch (NL)

Translated into 7 languages: Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/10/2013 (World premiere: 09/26/2013)

Cast: Gaite Jansen, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Benja Bruijning, Anna Raadsveld, Yannick van de Velde, Negativ, Bart Klever

Director: Jean van de Velde

Screenwriter: Jean van de Velde

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Le Prix de la Liberté"

"Gorzki smak cukru"

"Цена сахара"

"How Expensive was the Sugar"

Keywords: 18th century, plantation, colony, first love, suriname, half sister, runaway slave, slavery, slave auction, marriage

Budget: 7,130,000 USD

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The Price of Sugar(Movie, 2013)

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