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Release Date:
October 9, 2024
Original Title:
L'Homme au bâton, une légende créole
Genres:
Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
Caraïbe Films Compagnie
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Two women are found dead, beaten to death with sticks. This is enough for rumors to spread about the return of the "man with the stick", the enigmatic character who made headlines in 1956 by murdering - using the same protocol - several women without ever being arrested, or even identified. Captain Pierre Mombin and Lieutenant Mélissa Louis-Joseph, in charge of the investigation, will attempt to solve the crimes of the present by reopening the investigation into the unsolved murders of 1956 and.... Find an answer.
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