A Thousand Suns

A Short film of

Mati Diop

Produced by

Anna Sanders Films

Production year2013

Runtime45 min

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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.

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Director (1)

Mati Diop
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Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : Anna Sanders Films

French distribution : Norte Distribution

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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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Type : Short film
Genres : Fiction, Documentary
Sub-genre : Auteur documentary
Themes : Art, Cinema, Nostalgia, Memories, Regions
Production language : Wolof
Production country : France

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Selections (6)

Doclisboa
Portugal, 2024
Rétrospective: Back to the Future
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival (Lisbon)
Portugal, 2020
Special program
REGARD - Festival International du court-métrage au Saguenay
Canada, 2014
Compétition officielle
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
The Netherlands, 2014
Programme spécial

Awards (1)

Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Canada, 2013
Award for Best Short Film in the International Competition

Delegations (1)

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
The Netherlands, 2014
Director : Mati Diop

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