Rêves de poussière
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Cast & Crew
Laurent Salgues
Makena Diop
Rasmane Ouedraogo
Fatou Tall-salgues
Joseph Tapsoba
Souleymane Zoure
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Synopsis
Mocktar Dicko, a Nigerian peasant, comes looking for work in Essekane, a gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso. In this cage made of wind and dust, he hopes to forget the past that haunts him. He becomes friend with his boss and his colleagues and with a prostitute Tabassa and a young widow, Coumba, who dreams about sending her daughter to Denmark, where her uncle lives. While becoming familiar with his new life, Mocktar Dicko starts to loose his roots. The day he discover a piece of gold, decides not to go home and offers the money earned by selling the gold to Coumba.
Director
Laurent Salgues
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Released in United States 2006
Released in United States January 2007
Released in United States October 2007
Released in United States on Video April 22, 2008
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Black Perspectives, World Cinema) October 4-17, 2007.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 18-28, 2007.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Venice Days) August 30-September 9, 2006.
Feature film directorial debut for Laurent Salgues.
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Venice Days) August 30-September 9, 2006.)
Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Black Perspectives, World Cinema) October 4-17, 2007.)
Released in United States on Video April 22, 2008
Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 18-28, 2007.)
