Mille soleils

Apr 2 2014 N/A 0h 45m
Documentary

In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots "Touki Bouki." Mory and Anta are 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, unable to tear himself away from his land. Forty years later, "A Thousand Suns" investigates 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, the love of his youth. Stories about family, exile and cinema meet between the sphere of intimacy and that of myth.

Plot

Magaye Niang, the main actor of Senegalese film classic Touki Bouki (1973), is an average farmer today. After a screening of the film he recalls his first love, who left the country years ago.

Written by

N/A

Directed by

Mati Diop

Cast

Magaye Niang, Wasis Diop, Ben D. Beye

Crew

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Production Countries

France, Senegal

Production Companies

Anna Sanders Films

Languages

Wolof

Awards

4 wins & 1 nomination total

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