Synopsis
In a swimming pool of a hotel in Mali, white women bathe behind a high wall which does not succeed in protecting them from the glance of the black workers on the construction site opposite. How do they see each other? What do we come to see in Africa? Can we see Africa?
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : EnsAD - École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
Full credits (4)
- Screenwriter : João Vieira Torres
- Director of Photography : João Vieira Torres
- Music Composer : Matthieu Combettegagelin
- Editor : João Vieira Torres
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Fiction
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental, Video art
- Themes : Human nature , Tourism
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 4 min
- Production formats : Mini DV
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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Future Film Festival in Bologna.
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