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Life on Earth
(1998)
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Title: Life on Earth (1998)
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Abderrahmane Sissako | ... |
Dramane
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Nana Baby | ... |
La jeune fille
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Mohamed Sissako | ... |
Le Pére
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Bourama Coulibaly | ... |
Le Photographe
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Keita Bina Gaousso | ... |
Le receveur Poste
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Mahamadou Dramé | ... |
L'Opérateur Poste
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Moussa Fofana | ... |
L'invité radio
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Keita Kagny | ... |
L'ami du photographe
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Madlaye Traoré | ... |
Le Coiffeur
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Solo Diarra | ... |
Le Client
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Fodia Coulibaly | ... |
Le Tailleur
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Madou Mariko | ... |
Le Journaliste radio
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Lassina Kané | ... |
L'ingénieur son radio
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Mahamane Maiiga | ... |
Le deuoéme Jouranliste de la Bibliothéque Pariée
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Cheykh Bouya Ould Yarba | ... |
Les Clients Poste
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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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9 June 1999 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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It Is life on earth. Straddling different worlds as the director does, made me realise how very schizophrenic our lives sometimes are. Some people thought the pace of the film too slow, but coming from a place just like Sokolo, I found it quite a moving tribute to many Africans who live the western, urban myth and the rural existence. It's imagery was convincing, poetic and real to me. A visual tapestry of sheer beauty.