Session of medium-length films by Abderrahmane Sissako
October (October)
Abderrahmane Sissako (Mali/Mauritania, 1992, 37 min.)
Idrissa, an African student, leaves Moscow. As a farewell, a last date with Ida, his lover, from whom he must separate even though she is pregnant. Somewhere on the outskirts of Moscow, in a gloomy flat, they spend their last night together.
Winner of the 'Un Certain Regard' Prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
La vie sur terre (Life on Earth)
Abderrahmane Sissako (France/Mauritania, 1998, 61 min.)
On the eve of the new millennium, Abderrahmane Sissako writes a letter to his father informing him that he is returning to Sokolo, his little village in Mali, to join him: "I want to get away from it all, knowing that the year 2000 will soon be here and nothing will have changed for the better". Once in his village, he will go for a bike ride, meet the charming Nana...
Winner of the film festivals of Taormina 1998, San Francisco 1999, Ouagadougou 1999 and Fribourg 1999.
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