Letters from Sahara
6.7
The story of a young Senegalese man who treks the Sahara, takes an immigrant boat bound for Italy, the attempts to eke out a living there - finally deciding to return to his native place. Vittorio De Seta's first fiction feature since 1969.
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Cast
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Djibril Kébé
Assane
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Thierno Thiam
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Anche se è amore non si vede
The Bachelorette Party
Vittorio De Seta
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Agnese Fontana
Roberta Fornier
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Santa Maradona
Donatella Palermo
Milko Cardinale
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Oklim
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Luciano Cravino
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La notte eterna del coniglio
Thierno Ndiaye Doss
(as Thierno Ndiaye)
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Guelwaar
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Stefano Saccotelli
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Toy Gun
Vittorio De Seta Director · Fiorella Cicolini Production designer Fabio Angelotti Costume designer
Worldwide gross $15K · First release August 31, 2006 · Produced in Italy
Box office
Worldwide gross
$15,258
Production
Ministry of Culture (Italy)
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Lettere dal Sahara
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
French · Italian · Wolof
Release dates
Italy · August 31, 2006
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · September 1, 2006
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
March 10, 2007 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Finland
June 16, 2007 · Premiere · Midnight Sun Film Festival
France
February 2, 2007 · Premiere · Rencontres Cinéma de Manosque
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