PLOT

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The ghost of a music teacher pushes a young mechanic to start a career in music.

Siméon is Euzhan Palcy’s third feature film.  It marks her return to France after her 

American experience with the film A Dry White Season. She wanted Season 

to be "Cinema Verité" — that is to reflect the truth — at all costs.

And the lengths she had to go through to make that a reality took a heavy toll on her, both mentally and physically.  But on the flight bringing her to visit Francis Ford Coppola on the set of The Godfather 3 by his invitation, a spark of light begins to shine.

A tune, an image, a color pop into her mind and Euzhan embarks on the writing of 

Siméon as if tomorrow was her last day.  She pulls on everything she’s learned, 

every single thing that made her the artist she became.

Siméon becomes a lively movie, a real extravaganza of color and music, an 

antidote to gloom, a tribute to all that the Caribbean can create for our delight. 

Siméon, the spirit of music marks the return of Euzhan Palcy to her roots, nine years
after her seminal movie, the classic Sugar Cane Alley.