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Life on Earth
(1998)
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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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