To date there are four features in Alain Gomis’ body of work, and all four are steeped in intelligence, humanity, poetry and gritty urban realism. Born to a Senegalese father and a French mother, Alain Gomis rose to prominence when his second feature, L’Afrance, a coming-of-age story about a Senegalese student in France, won the Silver Leopard at Locarno in 2001. Filmed in Paris, Dakar and...
The unusual life of a young Maghrebi man living without rules in a bizarre world where madness triumphs over pervasive gloom. The Franco-Senegalese director once again presents a story focusing on an...
Feature film , Drama
FRANCE | 90 minutes | 2007
To date there are four features in Alain Gomis’ body of work, and all four are steeped in intelligence, humanity, poetry and gritty urban realism. Born to a Senegalese father and a French mother, Alain...
Masterclass
| 90 minutes | 0
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