While We Live

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While We Live (2016)

Directed by Dani Kouyaté

Drama · 1h 31m

Kandia, an African women in her fifties who has lived in Sweden for 30 years, decides to move back to Gambia. Her son Ibbe, who dreams of a career in hip hop and is about to make a breakthrough, goes with her. Their encounter with their homeland, however, doesn't turn out the way they imagined. A warm, broad drama comedy about a universal theme: identity.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Dani Kouyaté
Screenplay
Dani Kouyaté, Olivier Guerpillon
Director of Photography
Alex Lindén
Original Music Composer
Andreas Unge
Editor
Philip Bergström
Producer
Maria Larsson Guerpillon, Julien Siri

Details

Original title
Medan vi lever
Release date
2016-10-07
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Drama
Original language
SV
Spoken languages
English, Swedish
Countries
Sweden
Production
dfm Fiktion