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Nominated for Best International Feature at the Academy Awards

A teenage boy who, together with his cousin, decides to leave Dakar in Senegal and make his way to Europe. A contemporary Odyssey in which the protagonist must overcome a series of obstacles and in the process is transformed from a human to a commodity to an animal, finally becoming a hero. A grand adventure through the dangers of the desert and the sea, the ambiguities and contradictions of human beings, in which dreams, the hopes and the ambitions of the main characters turn into a struggle for survival, where there is no space for piety.

Rating

MA 15

Duration

122 min

Cast

Bamar Kane, Seydou Sarr, Didier Njikam, Moustapha Fall

Director

Matteo Garrone