L'absence = The absence / Kinterfilm ; en coproduction avec le Centre Cinématographique Marocain ; un film de Mama Keïta ; scénario et réalisation, Mama Keïta ; directeur de production, Papa Madicke Mbodj.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Keita, Mama, film director, screenwriter.

MBodj, Papa Madicke, film producer.

Nadylam, William, actor.

Mbaye, Ibrahima, actor.

Tavernier, Jacky, actor.

Diop, Mame Ndumbé, actor.

Normant, Mathieu, composer (expression).

Kinterfin, film production company, publisher.

Centre cinématographique marocain, film production company.

Language:

English

French

Wolof

Subjects (All):

Siblings--Senegal--Drama.

Siblings.

Orphans--Senegal--Drama.

Orphans.

Family secrets--Drama.

Family secrets.

Brothers and sisters.

Senegal.

Genre:

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Feature films.

Motion pictures, Senegalese.

Motion pictures, Moroccan.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[unknown] : Kinterfilm, 2009.

Language Note:

In French and Wolof and signing with subtitles in English.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, all region; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; dts Digital Sound.

digital optical dts Digital Sound

widescreen (1.85:1)

NTSC

video file DVD video all region

Summary:

"After brilliant studies in France and an absence of almost seventeen years, Adama, a trained engineer, hastily comes back to his native country, Senegal. He received an alarming message informing him that his grandmother is seriously ill. On his arrival, he discovers that his grandmother is in perfect health. Who sent the message? For what purpose? Adama and his younger sister Aïcha, who is born deaf, are orphans and were brought up by their grandmother. Naturally, Aïcha and her grandmother are overjoyed when they welcome Adama after such a long absence. They have been expecting this blessed moment for so long! While everyone is enjoying the meal prepared in celebration of his return, Adama announces that he is going to settle in France. Aïcha and her grandmother are distraught. Like thousands of students from the Third World who benefit from a scholarship or whose relatives fund their studies [to] go to the West to further their education, most of them will not go back home after completing their studies. During this short stay, Adama discovers that Aïcha is a prostitute. This is a devastating shock for Adama. He reacts with violence. This return makes re-emerge a family drama hidden for so long."--Container.

Participant:

William Nadylam, Ibrahima M'Baye, Jacky Tavernier; Mame N'Doumbe Diop.

Credits:

Director of photography, Rémi Mazet; editor, Miriame Chamecke; music, Mathieu Normant.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2009.

OCLC:

1034741067