Le Sifflet

Directed by As Thiam
Produced by Laterit Productions
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 22 min
Production year : 2005

Director

As
Thiam

Actors

James
Campbell

Mame Ndoumbé
Diop

Synopsis

Samba and Comuba are a blind couple and for thirty-five years they’ve been negotiating Dakar’s traffic together. A public transport strike forces them to go to the city by foot. They cross fields that are the city’s only green lung. Samba walks ahead with his cane that gives him the power to command. They sing, they talk and argue the way that many old couples do. They imagine the world surrounding them. And then, all of a sudden, magic intervenes in the form of a whistle.

Production and distribution

Associate production company : Laterit Productions
Foreign production company : Gtvs
Film export/Foreign Sales : Laterit Productions

Full credits

Executive Producer : Marie-Clémence Blanc-Paes
Screenwriter : As Thiam
Foreign Producer : Khalil Gueye
Directors of Photography : César Paes, Michel Berck
Sound Recordist : Alioune M'Bow
Editor : Agnès Contensou
Music Composer : Wasis Diop
Costume Designer : Maria Dapina

Technical details

Short film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Themes : Relationships, Fate
Production language : French
Nationality : Majority French (France, Senegal)
Production year : 2005
Runtime : 22 min
Visa number : 110.174
Visa issue date : 11/01/2005
Production formats : Super 16
Screening format : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.66
Sound format : Dolby DTS

Festival Selections (2)

	Festival de cinéma Vues d'Afrique de Montréal - 2005 African and Creole Panorama: Fiction Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Canada
	Namur International French-Language Film Festival - 2004 Fiction Films Out of Competition Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Belgium