| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
Satché, who has returned to his birthplace in Senegal after 15 years in the United States, awakes to his final day on earth during which he intensively perceives his environment for one last time as he attends a farewell ceremony with his family, progresses down the street where neighbors give him presents, reunites with old friends and his former mistress, visits the elder who will lay out his body, then goes home to his wife and young children |
| Notes |
Title from container |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2012 |
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Special features: Interview with Alain Gomis by Univers Ciné (16 min.); Petite lumière, by Alain Gomis (short film, 15 min.); trailer |
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Filmed on location in Dakar, Senegal |
| Credits |
Director, Alain Gomis ; screenwriters, Alain Gomis, Djolof Mbengue, with Marc Wels ; producers, Eric Idriss-Kanago, Gilles Sandoz, Oumar Sall ; director of photography, Crystel Fournier ; editor, Fabrice Rouaud ; costume designer ; Salimata Ndiaya ; music composers, Djolof Mbengue, Niairi Tally |
| Cast |
Saul Williams, Djolof Mbengue, Anisia Uzeyman, Aïssa Maïga, Mariko Arame, Alexandre Gomis, Frank M. Ahearn |
| Notes |
DVD: multizones; PAL; 16/9 compatible 4/3; Dolby Digital stereo 2.0 |
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No ratings given |
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In French and Wolof |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students onlyn6 Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Death -- Senegal -- Drama.
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Farewells -- Senegal -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Drama.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Gomis, Alain, director, author of screenplay
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Mbengue, Djolof, author of screenplay, actor, composer
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Wels, Marc, author of screenplay
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Williams, Saul, actor
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Uzeyman, Anisia, actor
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