Camp de Thiaroye (1988)

  • NR
  • 09/06/1988 (IT)
  • War, Drama
  • 2h 34m

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.

Ousmane Sembène

Director, Screenplay

Thierno Faty Sow

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Sidiki Bakaba's headshot

Sidiki Bakaba

Hamed Camara's headshot

Hamed Camara

Philippe Chamelat's headshot

Philippe Chamelat

Moussa Cissoko's headshot

Moussa Cissoko

Marthe Mercadier's headshot

Marthe Mercadier

Ismaila Cissé's headshot

Ismaila Cissé

Ababacar Sy Cissé's headshot

Ababacar Sy Cissé

Eloi Coly's headshot

Eloi Coly

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