A girl born into slavery in antebellum Louisiana fakes mental illness to avoid being sold away from her family.

Code Noir was the law that codified slavery during the French Colonial period on isle de France (Mauritius). The story relates the unfathomable pain of a mother when her child born with fairer complexion is taken away from her and placed under the guardianship of her master. The movie explores the human madness that was planted by that very law and the acceptance of such as normality.—Annick Sadhoo