A Thousand Suns

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A Thousand Suns (2013)

Directed by Mati Diop

Drama, Documentary · 45m

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.

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Cast

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Magaye Niang Self
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Wasis Diop Self Myriam Niang Self Aissatou Niang Self Teemour Diop Mambéty Self

Crew

Director
Mati Diop
Director of Photography
Mati Diop, Hélène Louvart
Editor
Nicolas Milteau
Producer
Corinne Castel

Details

Original title
Mille soleils
Release date
2013-07-06
Runtime
45m
Genres
Drama, Documentary
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
Wolof
Countries
France, Senegal
Production
Anna Sanders Films