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REVES DE POUSSIERE
DREAMS OF DUST
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DIRECTOR
Laurent Salgues
SCREENPLAY
Laurent Salgues
CAST
Mocktar: Makena Diop
Thiam: Rasmane Ouedraogo
Paté: Souleymane Souré
Coumba: Fatou Tall-Salgues
Tidiane: Joseph B. Tapsoba
Running time: 86’
Production: France / Canada / Burkina Faso, 2006
Rating: Not rated
Gauge: DVD (color)
GENRE
Drama
DISTRIBUTOR
Film Movement
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“Depicting an African hell
on Earth where ant-like men burrow deep into the desert and
risk their lives to mine gold, ‘Dreams of Dust’
relies on hypnotic widescreen photography to bind viewers to
its grim drama. In its unexpected horror and absurdity (…),
when a gold nugget is found, the whole team becomes rich. When
a tunnel collapses, everyone dies. The asphyxiating sand makes
rescue impossible. Salgues' screenplay is perfectly crafted
in the Western tradition, while Crystel Fournier's striking
cinematography connects the film to a broad African vision.
Mathieu Vanasse and Jean Massicotte's music track matches the
rest of the film in being extremely refined. The French and
Canadian post-prod work is top quality.” Deborah Young,
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Mocktar, a Nigerian peasant
who lost his entire family in a terrible accident, tries to
rebuild his life. He goes to Essakane, a dusty gold mine in
Northeast Burkina Faso, to look for work and to forget the past
that haunts him. He is quickly introduced to the small community
of miners and begins working in the dangerous tunnels of the
mine. Little by little, Mocktar discovers that the gold rush
ended twenty years before, and the inhabitants of this wasteland
manage to exist simply from force of habit. In Essakane, the
life of the whole population revolves around the irrational
expectation of finding gold. Hope makes them surpass the threat
of the mines. Among the inhabitants, the beautiful Coumba is
still courageously struggling to raise her daughter. She takes
care of her alone as her husband died in the mine. As he falls
in love with Coumba, he fights not only to survive, but also
to provide a better future for her and her child. He puts together
enough money to prepare for their departure for France where
Coumba's daughter will get a proper education and a chance of
becoming someone.
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