So Long Africa

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So Long Africa (2015)

Directed by Ada Loueilh

Drama · 1h 23m

Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, April 2011. Jacques and Safi arrive from Abidjan, from where they've been repatriated in an emergency. He's as tough as nails, after too much time in the African sun and enjoying an expatriate lifestyle while running a hotel. Safi, his fourteen-year-old daughter, is used to living with her mother and doesn't know what to think about her loud-mouthed and useless father who has suddenly taken her away with him. Moved to a hostel in Nice, they learn to get to know each other, to be able to look each in the eye, perhaps to love each other. But there's also Gloria, Safi's mother, left behind in the upheaval of Abidjan, and impossible to contact...

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Cast

Crew

Director
Ada Loueilh

Details

Original title
Papa lumière
Release date
2015-07-29
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Drama
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
France
Production
Canal+, France 3 Cinéma
Budget
$1,000,000