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The canoe ( Senegal 2012 )

Color: Fiction, color, 87’

Direction: Moussa Touré

Screenplay: Eric Névé, David Bouchet

Director of Photography: Thomas Letellier

Sound: Martin Boisseau, Thierry Delor, Agnès Ravez

Music: Prince Ibrahima Ndour

Cast: Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Laïti Fall, Malamine Dramé « Yalenguen », Balla Diarra, Salif « Jean » Diallo

Production: Les Chauves Souris, Astou Film

Synopsis

A fishing village in the suburbs of Dakar, from which many canoes leave. After a voyage often deadly, they will reach the Canary Islands in Spain.

Réalisateur

Moussa Touré is from Senegal. He began his career very early in the cinema and made his first short film in 1987 then his first feature film in 1991, TOUBAB BI (received many awards). Until now, Moussa Touré has made a dozen films, all genres.