Along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. One night, Souleiman and his co-workers leave the country by sea, in hope of a better future. Several days later, a fire ruins Ada’s wedding and a mysterious fever starts to spread. Little does Ada know that Souleiman has returned.
Striking in its portrayal of migration, Mati Diop’s feature-length ghost story challenges the people and systems that make relocation by all means necessary. We are interested in this reckoning that is swift and layered, the only escape is a haunting that we must witness.
Akojo Film Collective
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Mati Diop
Mama Sané, Amadou Mbow, Ibrahima Traoré, Nicole Sougou, Amina Kane, Mariama Gassama
France/Senegal/Belgium
2019
In English, French and Wolof with English subtitles
Gender discrimination
Book Tickets
Indigenous & Community Access
Credits
Screenwriter
Mati Diop, Olivier Demangel
Cinematography
Claire Mathon
Editor
Aël Dallier Vega
Original Music
Fatima Al Qadiri
Production Design
Toma Baqueni, Oumar Sall