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Release Date:
18 October 2006 (France)
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Plot:
Bamako. Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up...
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Plot Keywords:
Africa
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World Bank
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Imf
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City Name In Title
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Justice
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Awards:
2 wins
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Take Three: Danny Glover
(From FilmExperience. 22 May 2011, 9:15 PM, PDT)
“Waiting For Happiness” (When China Met Africa)
(From ShadowAndAct. 4 April 2011, 4:26 PM, PDT)
Aïssa Maïga Is One Of The “Top 10 Most Stunning French Actresses”
(From ShadowAndAct. 4 June 2010, 6:02 AM, PDT)
(From FilmExperience. 22 May 2011, 9:15 PM, PDT)
“Waiting For Happiness” (When China Met Africa)
(From ShadowAndAct. 4 April 2011, 4:26 PM, PDT)
Aïssa Maïga Is One Of The “Top 10 Most Stunning French Actresses”
(From ShadowAndAct. 4 June 2010, 6:02 AM, PDT)
User Reviews:
One of a kind - truly!
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Cast
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Directed by | |||
| Abderrahmane Sissako | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Abderrahmane Sissako | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Jacques Besse | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Nadia Ben Rachid | |||
| Pauline Casalis | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Mahamadou Kouyaté | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Maji-da Abdi | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Batoma Kouyaté | .... | key makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Thomas Alfandari | .... | production manager | |
| Ndiouga Moctar Ba | .... | production manager: Mali (as Moctar Bâ) | |
| Dramane Traoré | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Philippe Tourret | .... | first assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Christophe Bourreau | .... | foley artist | |
| Geraldine Falieu | .... | assistant dialogue editor | |
| Dana Farzanehpour | .... | sound | |
| Charles Ferré | .... | boom operator | |
| Bruno Tarrière | .... | sound mixer | |
| Christophe Winding | .... | sound editor | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Stephanie Boutinaud | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Emmanuel Daou | .... | still photographer | |
| Makhete Diallo | .... | camera operator | |
| Thomas Nikiema | .... | camera operator (as Thomas Nikéma) | |
| Lydie Rappaport | .... | still photographer | |
| Abdourahmane Somé | .... | camera operator | |
| Gilles Viallard | .... | still photographer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Nicolas Criqui | .... | digital conformation | |
| Frederic Jupin | .... | editor: Colurus | |
| Carlos Pinto | .... | assistant editor | |
| Philippe Reinaudo | .... | digital intermediate technical director | |
| Raymond Terrentin | .... | colorist | |
| Philippe Tourret | .... | digital intermediate coordinator | |
| Clement Zveguintzoff | .... | digital conformation | |
Other crew | |||
| Sophie Audier | .... | script supervisor | |
| Pierre Escande | .... | production assistant | |
| Romeo Julien | .... | avid conformation | |
Production Companies
- Archipel 33 (co-production)
- Chinguitty Films (co-production)
- Mali Images (co-production)
- arte France Cinéma (co-production)
- Louverture Films (in association with)
- Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
- Fonds Sud Cinéma (participation)
- Ministère des Affaires Étrangères (participation)
- Procirep (with the support of)
- Angoa-Agicoa (with the support of)
- Les Films du Losange (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
- A-Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Artificial Eye (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
- Les Films du Losange (2006) (France) (theatrical)
- New Yorker Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- trigon-film (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- trigon-film (2007) (Switzerland) (DVD)
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115 min
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Crew or equipment visible: During the inset "Death in Timbuktu" "western," just before the first gunshot, a car can be seen moving between two buildings in the background. This, however, could be interpreted as intentional by the director, who was parodying non-Western interpretations of a "western" (other countries who partake in a love of westerns are Thailand and Cambodia). The child in this scene is also wearing a Nike shirt. The effect is to present the sort of low-budget, pulp film one might see in a television broadcast in Mali, while supplying a metaphor to the actual movie's plot.See more »
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As a South African, I have just been riveted by this film. It is not an entertaining film. Thought provoking would be a better description.
Though made a year before, it throws light on what the Bali Conference was all about. The theme of the film - what the first world has done and continues to do to Africa - is of the utmost importance and the device used by the director to get his message across is just appropriate. It's just not possible to describe what you will see - just see it. If you watch it, you must see the interview with the director, for it helps to put the whole extraordinary film into perspective. He trained in Russia you can see the influence of Eisenstein and other Russian directors. I've deliberately not talked much about what you will see. The element of surprise is central to the success of the film.