Twist in Bamako | Rouen.fr
For his new film, Marseille director Robert Guédiguian flies to Mali and transports the viewer to 1962 for a story that seems far removed from the director’s usual universe.
The story
1962. Malie, its newly acquired independence, and the youth of Bamako dance whole nights on the twist from France and America. Samba, the son of a wealthy merchant, saw the revolutionary ideal body and soul: he traveled the country to explain the virtues of socialism to the peasants.
It is there, in Bambara country, that Lara emerges, a young girl married by force, whose beauty and determination upset Samba. Samba and Lara know their love is threatened. But they hope that, for them as for Mali, the sky will clear up …
The teaser
Info about the film
Twist in Bamako
Feature film by Robert Guédiguian
With : Stéphane Bak, Alicia Da Luz Gomes, Saabo Balde …
Kind : Drama
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