Moloch Tropical

Moloch Tropical
Directed by	Raoul Peck
Produced by	Velvet Film ARTE France
Screenplay by	Jean-René Lemoine, Raoul Peck
Starring	Zinedine Soualem Sonia Rolland Mireille Metellus Nicole Dogue Gessica Geneus
Music by	Alexei Agui
Cinematography	Éric Guichard
Edited by	Martine Barraque
Release dates	September 12, 2009 (2009-09-12) (Toronto) September 10, 2010 (2010-09-10) (France)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	France Haiti

Moloch Tropical is a 2009 film.

Plot

Amidst the protection of a fortified palace perched on the top of a mountain, a democratically elected President and his closest collaborators are getting ready for a commemorative celebration dinner. Foreign chiefs of state and dignitaries of all sorts are expected to assist. However, the morning of the event, he awakens to find the country in an uprising. As the day goes on, rebellion rampages through the most popular neighborhoods and the guests call to cancel one after another. After consulting with his collaborators, the President decides to teach the demonstrators a lesson by sending in his private militia.

Awards

2010 Signis prize of World Catholic Association for Communication (Milano Film Festival)

Main film festivals selection

Toronto International Film Festival 2009 - Special Presentation
Dubai International Film Festival 2009
Berlin International Film Festival 2010 - Berlinale Special
Tribeca International Film Festival 2010
Sydney International Film Festival 2010 - International competition

References

African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA)
Moloch Tropical at the Internet Movie Database
Velvet Film, Moloch Tropical

Films directed by Raoul Peck

Feature films	Haitian Corner (1987–88) Lumumba: La mort du prophète (Lumumba: Death of a Prophet, 1992) L’Homme sur les quais (The Man by the Shore, 1993) Haiti - Le silence des chiens (Haiti - Silence of the Dogs, 1994) Desounen: Dialogue with Death (1994) Chère Catherine (1997) Corps plongés (It's Not About Love, 1998) Lumumba (2000) Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle (2001) Sometimes in April (2005) L’Affaire Villemin (2006), TV series Moloch Tropical (2009) Karl Marx (2009) Assistance mortelle (documentary, 2013) Murder in Pacot (2014) Le Jeune Karl Marx

Shorts	De Cuba Traigo Un Cantar (1982) Exzerpt (1983) Leugt (1983) The Minister of the Interior is on our Side (1984) Merry Christmas Deutschland (1984)

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