Dragonard

Dragonard

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 12, 1987

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

47%

Original Title

Dragonard

Director

Gérard Kikoïne

Description

In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a Caribbean island controlled by French and British sugar-planters. When caught having sex with his owner's wife, Abdee is given 100 lashes with the dreaded "dragonard" whip. This sentence is meant to be fatal but Abdee survives and later joins in a slave revolt which puts an end to the island's era of savage whippings.