Synopsis
It all started with a dream: "It's time for you to try to explain the mysteries! Find the griot who'll bring you to me, and when you recognize me, circle around me three times, rub me with buttermilk, and let me know what you want. But be careful: don't forget the buttermilk!" That's how I was drawn into the boabab's spirit. It was in the year 2000. The year of the "Sopi". If the boabab was Senegal's emblem, through the tree, I should understand the country.
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Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Autoproduction
- Co-production : Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (5)
- Executive Producer : Laurence Attali
- Screenwriter : Laurence Attali
- Director of Photography : Jacques Pamart
- Editor : Laurence Attali
- Sound recordist : Myriam René
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2000
- Runtime : 23 min 51 seconds
- Visa number : 99.258
- Visa issue date : 13/09/2000
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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