Fiche Film
Cinéma/TV Histoire/société
LONG Métrage | 2000
Ainsi meurent les anges
Date de sortie en France : 00/00/0000
Pays concerné : Sénégal
Support : DVD
Durée : 60 minutes
Genre : expérimental
Type : fiction

Français

Un récit expérimental sur un poète sénégalais confronté aux pressions psychologiques et du métissage culturel par le fait de ne pas se sentir chez lui ni Europe ni en Africa. Il vit à Paris avec sa femme française et ses enfants métis quand il reçoit une lettre de son père qui lui dit qu'il a arrangé un mariage pour lui : donc une seconde femme pour son fils. L'indécision de l'homme choque sa femme française et conduit à leur divorce, son retour au Sénégal, ce qui le pousse à réfléchir sur sa conduite, sa vie.

Un example d'un cinéma orginal et personnel signé par Moussa Sène Absa.



langue : Français et Wolof



Production : INA (France)



Festivals : Fespaco 2001



English

And So Angels Die
And so angels die, As dreams fall under the burden of life Life, cruel, sensual, beautiful as a flute's song Disappearing in the distance. And so angels die Shrouded in their innocence Their hair to the wind. And so angels die Marveling at the silver river Eternal angels, furtive angels In a lightening flash. Famous angels, forgotten angels This ode is for all of you. A Senegalese man living in Paris with his French wife and children receives a letter from his father back home saying he has arranged for him to take a second wife. The man's indecision outrages his French wife and leads to the end of his marriage, his return to Senegal and his reflection about how his life has ended up. An example of uniquely personal filmmaking. An experimental narrative about a Senegalese poet confronting the cross-cultural and psychological pressures of being at home neither in Europe nor in Africa. Moussa Sène Absa's latest work pushes the formal boundaries of African cinema to explore the complex interplay of history and psychology in contemporary Africa. What is perhaps most surprising is that this creative freedom was won precisely by working within the constraints of new low-budget video technology. 56 minutes, 2001, Senegal Director: Moussa Sene Absa In French and Wolof with English subtitles
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