Italy / Sep 06, 1988 / Source: IMDB (Venice Film Festival)
2h 34min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among their numbers are Sergeant Diatta, the charismatic leader of the troop who was educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a Senegalese soldier left in a state of shock from the war and concentration camps and who can only speak in guttural screams and grunts.
Main cast
Full cast
Genres
WarDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Camp de Thiaroye |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | العربية, Français, Deutsch, Wolof |
| Production countries | Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Films Kajoor, ENAPROC - Entreprise Nationale de Production Cinématographique, Filmi Domirev |
| Release date | 6 settembre 1988 |
| Production | Mustafa Ben Jemja, Ouzid Dahmane, Mamadou Mbengue |
| Writer | Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow |
| Editing | Kahéna Attia |
| Cinematography | Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina |
| Assistant directors | Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow |
| Camera operators | Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina |
| Additional photography | Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina |
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| Music | Ismaël Lô, Rachid Bouafia, Hachim Joulak |
| Sound | Ismaël Lô, Rachid Bouafia, Hachim Joulak |
| Costume design | Nadia Bensekar |
| Makeup | Nadia Bensekar |
| Hairstyling | Nadia Bensekar |
Release dates
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