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After the death of their father in Europe, a family of three sisters and three brothers fulfills the patriarch’s final wish: to be laid to rest beside his father, in eternal sleep, in his native village in Mauritania.
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2026 |
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27 minutes |
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All Ages |
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English, French |
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Mauritania |
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VR 360 |
trailer
ARTIST
Abderrahmane Sissako - Screenwriter and Director
Abderrahmane
Sissako crafts deeply humanist and engaged works, exploring the complex relationships between the Global North and South, as well as the
fate of a resilient yet challenged Africa. A filmmaker navigating cultures and continents, Sissako was born in Mauritania in 1961, spent his
childhood in Mali, and left for the Soviet Union in 1983 to study cinema at VGIK in Moscow. There, he directed his first short films,
including Le Jeu (1989) and Octobre (1991,37 minutes), which was selected for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993.
awards
- Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica — La Biennale di Venezia 2026, Venice Immersive — Official Selection
Credits
Written & Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako ■ Produced by: Korokoro (Omar Sy & Maryvonne Le Meur) ■ In Co-production with: France Télévisions (Jeanne Marchalot), a_BAHN (François Le Gall), Dune Vision (Kessen Fatoumata Tall) ■ Executive Producer: Film Committee at Media City Qatar ■ With the Participation of: Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) ■ With the Support of: Film Fund Luxembourg ■ Line Producer Mauritania: Kessen Fatoumata Tall (Dune Vision) ■ Immersive Production & Post-Production: Pierre Cattan (Small Bang) ■ International Sales: Diversion