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Satché, who has returned to his birthplace in Senegal after 15 years in the United States, awakes to his final day on earth during which he intensively perceives his environment for one last time as he attends a farewell ceremony with his family, progresses down the street where neighbors give him p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mbengue, Djolof (Composer, Screenwriter, Actor)
Corporate Authors:	Granit Films, Cinekap (Firm), Maïa Cinéma, Agora Films, Jour 2 fête (Firm), Arcadès direct (Firm)
Other Authors:	Gomis, Alain (Director, Screenwriter), Wels, Marc (Screenwriter), Williams, Saul (Actor), Uzeyman, Anisia (Actor), Maïga, Aïssa (Actor), Arame, Mariko
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French Wolof
Language Notes:	In French and Wolof.
Published:	Paris : Jour 2 Fête ; [2013]
Subjects:	Death > Senegal > Drama. Farewells > Senegal > Drama. Death. Farewells. Senegal. Drama. Foreign films. Motion pictures, French. Motion pictures, Senegalese. Feature films. Fiction films.

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Summary:	Satché, who has returned to his birthplace in Senegal after 15 years in the United States, awakes to his final day on earth during which he intensively perceives his environment for one last time as he attends a farewell ceremony with his family, progresses down the street where neighbors give him presents, reunites with old friends and his former mistress, visits the elder who will lay out his body, then goes home to his wife and young children.
Item Description:	Title from container. Filmed on location in Dakar, Senegal. Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Special features: Interview with Alain Gomis by Univers Ciné (16 min.); Petite lumière, by Alain Gomis (short film, 15 min.); trailer. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD: multizones; PAL; 16/9 compatible 4/3; Dolby Digital stereo 2.0.
Production Credits:	Director, Alain Gomis ; screenwriters, Alain Gomis, Djolof Mbengue, with Marc Wels ; producers, Eric Idriss-Kanago, Gilles Sandoz, Oumar Sall ; director of photography, Crystel Fournier ; editor, Fabrice Rouaud ; costume designer ; Salimata Ndiaya ; music composers, Djolof Mbengue, Niairi Tally.