Life on Earth (1998)
La vie sur terre (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Abderrahmane Sissako	...	Dramane
	Nana Baby	...	La jeune fille
	Mohamed Sissako	...	Le Pére
	Bourama Coulibaly	...	Le Photographe
	Keita Bina Gaousso	...	Le receveur Poste
	Mahamadou Dramé	...	L'Opérateur Poste
	Moussa Fofana	...	L'invité radio
	Keita Kagny	...	L'ami du photographe
	Madlaye Traoré	...	Le Coiffeur
	Solo Diarra	...	Le Client
	Fodia Coulibaly	...	Le Tailleur
	Madou Mariko	...	Le Journaliste radio
	Lassina Kané	...	L'ingénieur son radio
	Mahamane Maiiga	...	Le deuoéme Jouranliste de la Bibliothéque Pariée
	Cheykh Bouya Ould Yarba	...	Les Clients Poste

Storyline

In the last days of 1999, after a few shots of a French supermarket, abundant in food and color, we hear Dramane compose a letter home to his father in Mali whom he then visits in the village of Sokolo. He meets the lovely Nana, and there are possibilities. People place long-distance calls from the post office. "Reaching people," says the postmaster, "is a matter of luck." Contrasts between Paris and Sokolo - between Mali and France and between Africa and Europe - are underscored by voice-over poems and comments by Aimé Césaire. A man dictates a letter to a brother in France: what is the nature of their hardships? People look for their place on this earth. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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