ATLANTICS
by Mati Diop
synopsis
Along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleimane, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. One night, Souleimane and his co-workers disappear at sea. Soon after, they come back to haunt their old neighbourhood by taking possession of the girlfriends they left behind. Some of the workers have come claiming revenge and threaten to burn the tower down if the developer does not pay their wages. But Souleiman has come back for Ada, so they can be together one last time.
international title: | Atlantics |
original title: | Atlantique |
working title: | La prochaine fois le feu |
country: | France, Senegal, Belgium |
sales agent: | mk2 films |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Mati Diop |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | CH 25/09/2019, FR 2/10/2019, BE 13/11/2019 |
screenplay: | Mati Diop, Olivier Demangel |
cast: | Mama Bineta Sane, Ibrahima Traore, Babacar Sylla, Nicole Sougou, Aminata Kane, Amadou Mbow, Ibrahima Mbaye |
cinematography by: | Claire Mathon |
film editing: | Aël Dallier Vega |
music: | Fátima Al Qadiri |
producer: | Judith Lou Lévy, Eve Robin |
production: | Les Films du Bal, ARTE France Cinéma, Frakas Productions, Cinekap (SN) |
backing: | Canal+ (FR), TV5 Monde (FR), Ciné+ (FR), CNC (FR), FOPICA (SN), Fonds Image de la Francophonie (FR), Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (BE), Eurimages |
distributor: | Trigon Film, Ad Vitam, Cinéart, Netflix |