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The Price of Sugar

The Price of Sugar

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 26, 2013

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

63%

Original Title

Hoe Duur Was de Suiker

Production Companies

Spier Films, Comet Film Produktion GmbH, Cool Beans, PVPictures

Director

Jean van de Velde

Budget

$7,130,000

Description

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?