Based on artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s journey to Abidjan in the 1980s. Ivorian painter Watt and his friends show him around. Exhausted by visions and depression Basquiat seeks salvation in traditional art and local healing rituals.
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Homecoming
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The Line-Up
A row of blindfolded men can earn a lot of money during a mysterious ritual. Will this solve Bala’s poverty or are the risks too… -
The Cave
A career in Cairo calls for bassist Adham while he tries to breathe new life into old friendships. -
Berea
Unexpected visitor breaks the safe routine of the Jewish retiree Aaron in a notorious suburb of Johannesburg. -
L’autre femme
Unexpected twist in daring love story about polygamy in colourful, musical Senegal, as the ageing Madeleine meets her husband’s second wife.
Film details
- Country of production
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 20'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
