Screening of Banel and Adama VOSTF

This film by Ramata-Toulaye Sy, in competition at the last Cannes Film Festival, immerses us in a contested love story in a remote village in northern Senegal.

A film by Ramata-Toulaye Sy

Senegal / France - 2023 - 1h27 - VOSTF

With Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy, Moussa Sow...

Also scheduled from September 29

Banel and Adama love each other. They live in a remote village in northern Senegal. They know nothing of the world; outside of it, nothing exists. But the absolute love that unites them will clash with the conventions of the community. Because where they live, there is no room for passion, and even less for chaos.

> Banel and Adama is a modern tale about eman-cipation. Bright. France lnfo Culture

> An evocative power, between tale and legend, reinforced by a staging where the purity of bright colors collides with contemporaneity, filtering naturalism through the prism of the supernatural.

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> Playing with the codes of the genre, the first feature film by French-Senegalese director Ramata-Toulaye Sy follows the destiny of a young couple suffocated by the weight of tradition. Le Monde

In a small village in Senegal, they are madly in love. But can passion withstand the weight of tradition? Between tale and tragedy, a surprising first film, shot in the Fulani language. Télérama

> The staging, rhythmic and stylized, sometimes bordering on abstraction, is in tune with the story, contemporary and rooted in myth, overflowing with symbols. Libération

> A highly topical subject, particularly with regard to the issue of global warming and the weight of cultural determinism in Senegal.

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