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.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Laterit Productions
- Foreign production company : Gtvs
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Marie-Clémence Paes
- Screenwriter : As Thiam
- Directors of Photography : César Paes, Michel Berck
- Music Composer : Wasis Diop
- Editor : Agnès Contensou
- Sound Recordist : Alioune Mbow
- Costume designer : Maria Dapina
- Foreign Producer : Khalil Gueye
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Relationships, Fate
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Senegal
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- 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
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (2)
Vues d'Afrique Montréal Film Festival
Canada, 2005
International Competition
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