Atlantics

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: ATLANTICS - November 13th

Runtime 104 mins
Language French, English, Wolof
Subtitles English
Alberta Premiere

 Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and Senegal's submission to the Academy for Best International Film, Mati Diop's ATLANTICS is a haunting tale of love and loss.

Along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. One night, Souleiman and his co-workers leave the country by sea, in hope of a better future. Several days later, a fire ruins Ada’s wedding and a mysterious fever starts to spread. Little does Ada know that Souleiman has returned. 

Countries

Belgium France Senegal
Director
Mati Diop
Producer
Judith Lou Lévy
Screenwriter
Mati Diop, Olivier Demangel
Cinematographer
Claire Mathon
Editor
Aël Dallier Vega
Music
Fatima Al Qadiri
Cast
Mama Sane´, Amadou Mbow, Ibrahima Traore´, Nicole Sougou