{"product_id":"0810162039240","title":"The Feast of All Saints","description":"Based on a story by Anne Rice, this made-for-cable miniseries explores the little-known phenomenon of the \"Gens de Couleur Libres,\" or \"Free People of Color,\" who lived in Louisiana at a time when slavery still held a stranglehold on much of the South. In 1822, it was not at all uncommon for attractive women of color to be retained as a \"placage,\" a sort of \"kept woman\" who served the wishes of wealthy landowners, and after Philippe Ferronnaire (Peter Gallagher) enters into a loveless arranged marriage with Aglae (Jenny Levine) in order to curry the favor of her elderly (and very well-to-do) father Magloire Dazincourt (John Gilbert), he soon finds himself the father of two families -- one raised by Aglae, and another raised by his \"placage\" Cecile Ste. Marie (Gloria Reuben), a lovely bi-racial woman from Haiti. Philippe's son with Cecile, Marcel Ste. Marie (Robert Richard), is raised with the promise that, even though Philippe cannot officially acknowledge his parenthood, he will receive a first-class education in Europe, and Marcel finds himself travelling between the worlds of wealthy whites and economically disadvantaged Creoles in New Orleans. In time, Marcel falls in love with a girl of similar circumstances, Anna Bella (Bianca Lawson), but as fate would have it, her guardian, Elsie Claviere (Ruby Dee), has already arranged for the girl to enter into a \"placage\" with Vincent Dazincourt (Alec McClure), who happens to be Philippe's brother-in-law. Directed by Peter Medak, Feast of All Saints also features Ben Vereen and Ossie Davis.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47094928572656,"sku":"0810162039240","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0810162039240_p0.jpg?v=1763873757","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0810162039240","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}