Camp de Thiaroye
A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army return from combat and are temporarily held in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among them are charismatic Sergeant Diatta, educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a soldier left in a state of shock who can only communicate in guttural screams and grunts.
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Sidiki Bakaba
Known for
The Professional
When Fall Is Coming
Hamed Camara
Philippe Chamelat
Moussa Cissoko
Marthe Mercadier
Known for
Girls in Uniform
Ismaila Cissé
Also in
TGV
Ababacar Sy Cissé
Eloi Coly
Also in
Ceddo
Ismaël Lô
Also in
Tableau Ferraille
Africa, My Africa...
Pierre Londiche
Known for
The French Detective
Camara Med Dansogho
El Hadg Ndiaye
Also in
Karmen Gei
Ousmane Sembène Director · Thierno Faty Sow Director Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina Cinematographer
First release September 6, 1988 · Produced in Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia · Languages Arabic, English, French, German, Wolof
Production
Films Kajoor
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ENAPROC - Entreprise Nationale de Production Cinématographique
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Filmi Domirev
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Enaproc
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Films Domireew
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Algeria · Senegal · Tunisia
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French · German · Wolof
Release dates
Italy · September 6, 1988
Premiere · Source: IMDB (Venice Film Festival)
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