Directed by : Flora GOMES
Country : GUINEA, FRANCE, PORTUGAL Length : 90 minutes
In the village of Amanha Lundju, with each birth, a tree is planted. The trees grow with each child, growing higher and living longer, becoming the villager's soul. But day after day, trees are cut down for survival, and wood has become rare. When Dou, the nomad, comes back from the savannah, his twin, Hami, has just died. The village is extremely tensed. What did Hami die of? What illness is eating away at Amanha Lundju? Dou must take the place of his deceased brother and live with Hami's wife and daughter. The young Saly, who was promised to Dou, mad with grief, falls in love with the sun. When the forestry surveyors arrive from the city, the world looses his balance. Calacalado, the old witch doctor, orders the village to move. They go as far as the desert on a passage of initiation fr
Flora GOMES - Director
Anita FERNANDEZ - Script / Dialogue
Flora GOMES - Script / Dialogue
Vincenzo MARANO - Cinematography
Etienne MERY - Set decorator
Joseph KPOBLY - Set decorator
Christiane LACK - Film Editor
Pablo CUECO - Music
Djuco BODJAN - N'te
Dulcenia BIDJANQUE - Luana
Dadu CISSE - Puntcha
Adama KOUYATE - Calacalado
Edna EVORA - Sally
Ramiro NAKA - Dou
Bia GOMES - Antonia
Film poster © DR
