Mali Twist
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year2021
French release05/01/2022
Runtime
2h 9m
Synopsis
Mali, 1960. The youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock and roll music newly imported from the West and dream of political renewal. Samba, a young socialist, falls for spirited Lara during one of his missions to the bush. To escape her forced marriage, she secretly flees with him to the city. But Lara’s husband won’t let them be and the Revolution soon brings painful disillusions as they dream of a future together.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (8)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Agat Films - Ex nihilo
- Foreign production companies : Périphéria, Karoninka
- Film exports/foreign sales : mk2 films
- French distribution : Diaphana
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producers : Marc Bordure, Robert Guédiguian
- Screenwriters : Robert Guédiguian, Gilles Taurand
- Director of Photography : Pierre Milon
- Music Composer : Olivier Alary
- Assistant directors : Demba Dieye, Ferdinand Verhaeghe
- Editor : Bernard Sasia
- Sound Recordist : Laurent Lafran
- Costume designers : Anne-Marie Giacalone, Mame Fagueye Bâ
- Foreign producers : Yanick Létourneau, Angèle Diabang
- Production Manager : Malek Hamzaoui
- Sound editors : Jean-Marc Schick, Nicolas Dambroise
- Production Designers : Papa Mahamoudou Kouyaté, Oumar Sall
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel Croset
- Location Manager : Bruno Ghariani
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Historical
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (84.76%), Canada (12.24%), Senegal (3.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Canada, Senegal)
- Production year : 2021
- French release : 05/01/2022
- Runtime : 2 h 9 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 152.160
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
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