Prologue
On a stormy night a group of peasants tell a crying child a story to calm her. They explain about the prejudice on the island they live on and how hard their lives are compared to t...
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On a stormy night a group of peasants tell a crying child a story to calm her. They explain about the prejudice on the island they live on and how hard their lives are compared to t...
In the morning two elderly peasants walk by and after some debate they rescue a stranded girl named Ti Moune from a tree and take her home to care for her. They explain how they hav...
The girl, now grown up into a young woman watches a rich stranger in a car and prays to the Gods that she can join him in the car and escape her peasant life for more. The Gods list...
Agwe casts a spell to make it a dark and rainy night. She makes the girl walk by the sea and causes a man named Daniel crash his car. Ti Moune discovers the crash and calls for help...
The peasants debate whether or not to spare Daniel as they are bitter about his wealth. Ti Moune asks the Gods to spare his life and they agree to do so but insist that Ti Moune lo...
Ti Moune sings a love song for Daniel and imagines that he is healthy and is singing back to her. However Papa Ge (The Demon of Death) wants him to die. So Ti Moune offers to give h...
The peasants tell the story of a family who gave birth to a son during Napoleonic times. When they lost the war they cursed their son and all the sons that were yet to come and sai...
Ti Moune eventually finds Daniel’s house and works there as a cleaner until she finds him. At first he does not recognise her but eventually she convinces him to let her care for...
Andrea and other guests are at a ball gossiping about Ti Moune. When she arrives at the ball, she dances and is admired by everyone but Andrea reveals that Daniel is promised to her...
Ti Moune is upset and the Gods tell her how Daniel has betrayed her. They give her a knife and say that she can go back to her old life if she kills him. Ti Moune almost kills him b...
As Ti Moune walks into the sea to die, her parents sing that Ti Moune will always belong to them and be loved by them. As she dies tree is born within the walls of Daniel’s home. ...