Basic Info
Release: September 06, 1988
Runtime: 154 min
Rating: ⭐ 7.4/10 (21 votes)
Status: Released
Camp de Thiaroye
1988
154 min
⭐ 7.4/10
21 votes
Overview
A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among their numbers are Sergeant Diatta, the charismatic leader of the troop who was educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a Senegalese soldier left in a state of shock from the war and concentration camps and who can only speak in guttural screams and grunts.
Genres
War
Drama
Production Countries
- Algeria
- Senegal
- Tunisia
Spoken Languages
- Arabic ar
- German de
- French fr
- Wolof wo
No streaming providers available for this content
Cast
Sidiki Bakaba
Hamed Camara
Philippe Chamelat
Moussa Cissoko
Marthe Mercadier
Ismaila Cissé
Ababacar Sy Cissé
Eloi Coly
Ismaël Lô
Pierre Londiche
Camara Med Dansogho
El Hadg Ndiaye
Crew
Ousmane Sembène
Screenplay
Thierno Faty Sow
Director
Ousmane Sembène
Director
Thierno Faty Sow
Screenplay
Ouzid Dahmane
Producer
Mustafa Ben Jemja
Producer
Mamadou Mbengue
Producer
Ismaël Lô
Music
Backdrops
Posters
External Links
