Description |
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
Description |
digital mono rda |
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videodisc |
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DVD |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Videorecording |
System Details |
DVD-R; widescreen; monaural. |
Note |
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. |
Language |
In French, Wolof and Al Pulaar with English subtitles. |
Cast |
Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Laïty Fall, Malamine Dramé "Yalenguen," Balla Diarra, Salif "Jean" Diallo, Babacar Oualy, Mame Astou Diallo, Saikou Lo, Ngalgou Diop, Limamou Ndiaye, Diodio Ndiaye, Mohamed Fall, Bassirou Diakhate, Moctar Diop "Tino." |
Credits |
Director of photography, Thomas Letellier ; editors, Josie Miljevic, Barbara Bossuet ; music, Prince Ibrahima Ndour. |
Note |
Based on the novella Mbëkë mi by Abasse Ndione. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012. |
Summary |
A group of thirty men (and one female stowaway) in a wooden fishing pirogue named the Goor Fitt, who don't all speak the same language, hailing from different ethnic and religious backgrounds and some of whom have never seen the sea, attempt a treacherous illegal crossing from Senegal to Spain where they believe better lives and prospects are waiting for them. |
Local Subject |
Undocumented immigration -- Senegal -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Subject |
Noncitizens -- Senegal -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Survival films.
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Subject |
Smugglers -- Senegal -- Drama.
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Illegal immigration -- Senegal -- Drama.
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Human smuggling -- Senegal -- Drama.
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Added Author |
Névé, Éric (Producer), film producer, screenwriter. Producer. Screenwriter.
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Sy, Omar, 1978- film producer. Producer.
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Maigne, Adrien, producer. Producer.
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Bouchet, David, screenwriter. Screenwriter.
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Touré, Moussa, 1958- film director. Director.
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Ndiaye, Souleymane Sèye, actor. Actor.
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Fall, Laïty, actor. Actor.
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Dramé, Malamine, actor. Actor.
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Diarra, Balla (Actor), actor. Actor.
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Diallo, Salif (Actor), actor. Actor.
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Letellier, Thomas, director of photography. Cinematographer.
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N'Dour, Prince Ibrahima, composer (expression). Composer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ndione, Abasse, 1946-
Mbëkë mi.
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Chauve-Souris (Firm), production company.
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Astou Films, production company.
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Arte France cinéma (Firm), production company.
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Appaloosa Films, production company.
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Royal Pony Films, production company.
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TV5Monde (Television network), production company.
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Studio Canal+, production company.
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Cine Plus (Germany), production company.
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Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (France), production company.
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Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst, production company.
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Studio 37 (Firm), production company.
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ArtMattan Productions, publisher.
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Added Title |
Goor Fitt |
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