ATLANTICS

ATLANTIQUE

By Mati DIOP

TV5MONDE - as PROD / BROAD

Drama - Completed 2019

Following her award winning films ONE THOUSAND SUNS and SNOW CANON, Mati Diop continues to harness fantasy and social relevancy in this haunting tale of love.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2019
Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, SENEGAL, BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • WOLOF, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 99 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mati DIOP
    • Writer(s)
    • Mati DIOP, Olivier DEMANGEL
    • Producer(s)
    • Judith Lou LEVY (LES FILMS DU BAL), Eve ROBIN (LES FILMS DU BAL), Oumar SALL (Cinekap), Jean-Yves ROUBIN (FRAKAS PRODUCTIONS), Cassandre WARNAUTS (FRAKAS PRODUCTIONS)
    • Synopsis
    • Along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. One night, Souleiman and his co-workers leave the country by sea, in hope of a better future. Several days later, a fire ruins Ada’s wedding and a mysterious fever starts
      to spread. Little does Ada know that Souleiman has returned.