Section: Long Narrative
Country: France, Senegal, Belgium
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 104 minutes
Director: Mati Diop
Screenplay: Mati Diop, Olivier Demangel
Cinematography: Claire Mathon
Editor: Aël Dallier Vega
Synopsis: 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 the hope of a better future. A fire ruins Ada’s wedding and a mysterious fever starts to spread. Little does Ada know that Souleiman has returned.
