Souli (2004)
Directed by Alexander Abela

Drama

Film Synopsis

Somewhere in Africa there is a small remote fishing village where five people are at the mercy of their passions.  They include Yann, a 40-year-old white man who is nostalgic about the colonial past and who cruises along the coast in his refrigerated lorry to collect lobsters from African fishermen.  There is also Souli, a renowned poet and writer who shares his life with Mona, a young white Frenchwoman who is twenty years his junior and who resents the fact that he is exploited by Yann...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Alexander Abela
  • Script: Alexander Abela, William Shakespeare
  • Cinematographer: Joseph Areddy
  • Music: Deborah Mollison
  • Cast: Eduardo Noriega (Carlos), Aurélien Recoing (Yann), Makena Diop (Souli), Fatou N'Diaye (Abi), Jeanne Antebi (Mona)
  • Country: France / Madagascar / UK
  • Language: French / Malagasy
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 94 min

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