Synopsis
In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots Touki Bouki. Mory and Anta our in love. Two young lovers share the same dream, to leave Dakar for Paris. At the fateful moment, Anta embarks. Mory, stays alone on quay, incapable to tear himself away from his land. Forty years later, A Thousand Suns investigates into the personal and universal inheritance which represents Touki Bouki. What has happened since? Magaye Niang, the hero of the movie, has never left Dakar. And today, the old cowboy wonders where Anta is, his youth love. Stories about family, exile and cinema meet between the sphere of intimacy and that of the myth.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Anna Sanders Films
- French distribution : Norte Distribution
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Corinne Castel
- Screenwriter : Mati Diop
- Director of photography : Hélène Louvart
- Assistant Director : Fabacary Assymby Coly
- Sound Recordist : Alioune Mbow
- Assistant Operator : Laurent Coltelloni
- Production manager : Corinne Castel
- Participants : Wasis Diop, Magaye Niang
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary
- Themes : Art, Cinema, Nostalgia, Memories, Regions
- Production language : Wolof
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2013
- Runtime : 45 min
- Visa number : 139.313
- Visa issue date : 25/03/2014
- Production formats : DV
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (5)
Awards (1)
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Canada, 2013
Award for Best Short Film in the International Competition
Delegations (1)
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