The Absence

| År 2009 | Regissør Mama KEÏTA

Age limit Alle

Runtime 1h 24m

Original title L'absence

Year 2009

Director Mama KEÏTA

Screenplay Mama KEÏTA

Cinematography Remi MAZET

Producer Mama KEÏTA

Cast William NADYLAM, Ibrahim MBAYE, Jackie TAVERNIER

Production Company Kinterfin

Format 35mm

Award-winning realism from Senegal, last screened at the Rotterdam Film Festival. Adamas homecoming is not as successful as he hoped for when returnign to Senegal after 15 years in France. The reunion with a poor and violent home country shocks him deeply. Despite his promise to stay he decides to return to France after just a couple of days. In the meantime he learns that his sister has become a prostitute and that she urgently needs his help. The past collides brutally with the future in this authentic and engaging drama from Senegal. red