Unfurling at a languid and lyrical pace, Abderrahmane Sissako's patchwork drama offers a glimpse into the life of a forgotten Mauritanian port city. A teenage pariah (Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed), a melancholy electrician (Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid), and a traditional singer (Nema Mint Choueikh) are a few of the figures that Sissako''s camera captures in this mesmerizingly slow, beautifully elegiac view of the human condition. "A deeply touching masterwork" (Phillip Lopate, Film Comment). In French and Hassanya with English subtitles.
This title is out of print.

Abderrahmane Sissako---Mauritania/France---2002---95 mins.