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Director:
Alain Gomis
Writers:
Xavier Christiaens (adaptation)
Xavier Christiaens (dialogue)
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Release Date:
30 January 2002 (France) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
El Hadj is studying in Paris. He is one of the young Senegalese men who have come to Paris since the... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
7 wins & 2 nominations more
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(2 articles)
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Amazing and yet amazing that this film is not on DVD! more (1 total)

Cast

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Djolof Mbengue ... El Hadj Diop
Delphine Zingg ... Myriam Bechet
Samir Guesmi ... Khalid
Théophile Sowié ... Demba (as Théophile Moussa Sowié)
Bass Dhem ... Chérif
Albert Mendy ... Oumar
Thierno Ndiaye ... Le père
Oumar N'Diaye ... Papis
Louis Beyler ... Teacher
Joséphine Mboub ... Awa
Seybani Sougou ... Jean
Gérard Tallet ... Doctor
Eric Franquelin ... Judge
Sylvia Wels ... Lawyer
Alioune Ndiaye ... El Hadj as a child
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
As a Man (USA) (informal English title)
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
France | Senegal
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
DTS
Certification:
France:U | UK:15
Filming Locations:
Dakar, Senegal more
Company:
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Amazing and yet amazing that this film is not on DVD!, 5 April 2006
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Author: Ken Mayer from Annapolis, MD

I saw this at an African film festival in DC in 2002. It follows a history student from Senegal who studies and works in Paris.

Better than La Haine, this film shows the stresses and strains of African expatriates in France. The student wants to get his PhD and return to Senegal to better life there. Everyone else in Paris (natives as well as other Africans) think he just wants to stay in France.

The protagonist is torn between two worlds. The ways of Senegal are now foreign to him, but neither is he European.

There is tension, violence, and sex and a good story. I wish I could show this to more people, but it's not available!!??!

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