KARMEN
synopsis
In the central courtyard of Gorée prison, the sumptuously dressed inmates and guards in party clothes grab bowls, bottles, bits of wood and improvise on these makeshift instruments the famous "N'Deï Geï" by the great percussionist, Doudou N'Diaye Rose: "N'Deï Geï bajo N'Deï Geï dëfë neex te toy Karmen bajo Karmen dëfë neex te doy."
original title: | KARMEN |
country: | France, Senegal, Canada |
sales agent: | UGC International |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | joseph Gaï Ramaka |
film run: | 86' |
release date: | FR 27/06/2001, CH 11/07/2001 |
screenplay: | joseph Gaï Ramaka |
cast: | Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Niang, Stéphanie Biddle, Thierno Ndiaye Doss, Djeynaba Niang |
cinematography by: | Bertrand Chatry |
film editing: | Hélène Girard |
art director: | Nikos Meletopoulos |
costumes designer: | Mame Fagueye Ba |
music: | David Murray |
producer: | Frédéric Sichler, Daniel Toscan du Plantier |
production: | Euripide Productions, Zagarianka, Les Ateliers de l'Arche (SN), Arte France Cinéma, Canal+ Horizons |
distributor: | Euripide Distribution, Filmcoop (CH) |