A film that will very likely be included on my list of African diaspora films that may debut at the Cannes Film Festival this year, is Soleils (which translates as Suns in English) co-directed by Burkinabe filmmakers, Olivier Delahaye and Dani Kouyaté, from a script by Delahaye. With a cast that includes Binda Ngazolo and Nina Melo, the film tells the story of an old wise man who is entrusted with curing a young girl struck by amnesia. He takes her on a healing trip to Ouagadougou by way of the Cape, Berlin, Mali and Belgium. In their travels, which are full of surprises, they meet a variety of characters described as remarkable...
- 3/18/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
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