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Border life (2026)
Directed by Idrissou Mora Kpai
Documentary · 1h 34m
Border Life, shot in a border town between Benin and Nigeria, is a contemplation of space and movement. Of life pulsing through a locality set up to divide. Of unstoppable mobility where mobility is circumscribed and controlled. The camera doesn't fix things in place; it wanders. From checkpoint to city streets thronging with cars hiding smuggled goods from Italy and Thailand, from ambulant bankers to fishermen turned traffickers, a never-ending rush. A never-ending hustle. No time to stop for long conversations. No conventional characters but lives in motion captured for a fragment of a second. This essay film turns into an invitation to experience the daily life of those who live on and from the border, in fragments, in rhythms, in relentless flux.
Crew
- Director
- Idrissou Mora Kpai
- Writer
- Idrissou Mora Kpai
Details
- Release date
- 2026-06-06
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Production
- A Noble Films