American Runaways
Jury Prize at the Saulieu Festival, 1996
Libération: ‘With its sumptuous images of the Louisiana plains and the bayou, and its endearing characters, Frédéric Laffont's documentary, the last episode of the American Fugues series, leaves us with just one regret: not being able to take off in a minute and join Eunice in the heart of Cajun country’.
A film by Frédéric Laffont
Editing: Jean-François Giré
Length: 52'34"
© France 3, Interscoop, 1996
Eunice, Louisiana, Cajun country.
Every Saturday for decades, Marc and Ann Savoy open the doors of their diatonic accordion shop for a jam session. Fiddlers, accordionists, guitarists, men and women, young and old, maestros and beginners: everyone communes, in French, to the rhythm of the Louisiana repertoire. We eat sausage, we drink beer or good wine, we sing...
The Cajuns sing their identity.