Toussaint Louverture

Toussaint Louverture is a 2012 French film written and directed by Philippe Niang. It stars Jimmy Jean-Louis, Aïssa Maïga and Sonia Rolland and is based on the life of Toussaint Louverture. The film premiered at the 2012 Festival de Luchon. It won the Best Diaspora Feature award at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Cast Jimmy Jean-Louis as Toussaint Louverture Aïssa Maïga as Suzanne Arthur Jugnot as Pasquier Pierre Cassignard as général de division Étienne Maynaud de Bizefranc de Laveaux Éric Viellard as Léger-Félicité Sonthonax Magloire Delcros-Varaud as Mars Plaisir Féodor Atkine as général de division Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga Ruddy Sylaire as Georges Biassou Giovanni Grangerac as Infant Hyacinthe Moïse Yann Ebonge as Hyacinthe Moïse Thierry Desroses as Henri Christophe Hubert Koundé as Jean-Jacques Dessalines Philippe Caroit as Bayon Sonia Rolland as Marie-Eugénie Sonthonax Stany Coppet as Brigadier general André Rigaud Virginie Desarnauts as Catherine Delambre Alex Martin as Mulatto officer Mabô Kouyaté as Placide Joffrey Platel as général de division Charles Leclerc Xavier Lemaître as Marquis d'Hermona Thomas Langmann as Napoleon Valérie Mairesse as Mother Coulinge Jessica Geneus as Vertueuse Plot Summary