Where to watch · United States
Not on any service here yet.
La Güera, my forgotten land (2015)
Directed by Gilberto Mastromatteo, Fiorella Bendoni
Documentary · 29m
Mohamed lives in Nouadhibou, in Mauritania. But he can always see the ghost of his former town in front of his eyes. Aalien, the postman, fled to refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria. But he's still thinking about the houses and the streets where he used to deliver letters. Zeinabu, in Tenerife, looks at the Ocean from her terrace. She looks in the direction of La Güera, her town that no longer exists. The stories of the inhabitants of a "ghost town", located on the border between Mauritania and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Sadr). The destiny of a forgotten land hidden under the sand. "La Güera, my forgotten land" is a 29 minutes documentary, which tells the story of this city and, through it, the story of a whole people.
Crew
- Director
- Gilberto Mastromatteo, Fiorella Bendoni
Details
- Original title
- La Güera, il mio paese che scompare
- Release date
- 2015-11-01
- Runtime
- 29m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, Spanish
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Asoc. Ban Slout Larbi