Synopsis
Tomo, an imaginary narrative, it evokes literality the word bambara: a territory ldeserted because of war. Conflict by weapons and conflict by spirits. It is the course of a subjective character disturbed psychologically by his real-life experience of the war, this one is lived by the spirits of those who lived there. They are represented by ghosts, ectoplasms, characters in flame and in smoke. They carry out the everyday gestures as closely as possible to the reality.
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- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriter : Bakary Diallo
- Director of Photography : Sylvain Briend
- Assistant Director : Abdou Coulibaly
- Editor : Bakary Diallo
- Sound Recordist : Seydou Cissé
- Production Manager : Jacky Lautem
- Sound editor : Léonore Mercier
- Production Designer : Mohamed Coulibaly
- Special Effects : Sébastian Waston
- Sound Mixer : Christian Cartier
- Still Photographer : Tiécoura N'Daou
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Bizarre
- Themes : War, Violence, Psychology
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 6 min 53 seconds
- Production formats : HD-CAM - Canon 7D
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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