Si le vent soulève les sables

Name: Si le vent soulève les sables
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-03-21
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Issaka Sawadogo, Asma Nouman Aden, Carole Karemera

2006
1h 36m

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7.3/10

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Drama

On the one hand, there's the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there's the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is... Read allOn the one hand, there's the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there's the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the on... Read allOn the one hand, there's the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there's the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and Mouna, his wife. A few s... Read all

Director
- Marion Hänsel
Writers
- Marc Durin-Valois
- Marion Hänsel
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7.3/10

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- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Was shot in 51 days over three months.

Soundtracks
Halkaas Saha Raha (Halkaas Saxahara)
written by Maan Youssouf & René-Marc Bini
Sung by Cathy Renoir

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10/10

Savage and heartbreaking

This heartbreaking film brings home the series of tragedies that can easily strike thousands if not millions of simple families during a time of drought and strife in East Africa. After viewing this film, I have a totally altered perspective when I hear news of any kind of conflict or movement of people in that region. This is a European production and the family whose tragedies we endure speak French. The acting was good and my English subtitles were coherent and legible, as a non-French speaker the language being spoken was irrelevant to me. I realize this might be a different case for others. The isolation and simplicity of this family's world and life was exceptionally well presented by writer/director Marion Hansel. Life and death choices made in complete ignorance, the randomness of the other people they came in contact with, and the randomness of the life altering results. It will leave you shaken by the cruelty that we as people are capable of. It is visually appealing as well, the stark desert landscapes are utilized well. When I saw this film at the Seattle International Film Festival a few years back, it was easily my favorite out of over 100 films that I had viewed at that year's festival.

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