This week we go into international waters with Mati Diop's #Atlantics, a story where the themes of the female experience intersect with the story of migrant workers and the loved ones they leave behind. Winner of the 2019 Grand Prix Award at Cannes.
Movie Info
Directed and Written By: Mati Diop
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Herbert Nordrum
Plot: A soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleimane, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. One night, Souleimane and his co-workers disappear at sea. Soon after, they come back to haunt their old neighborhood by taking possession of the girlfriends they left behind. Some of the workers have come claiming revenge and threaten to burn the tower down if the developer does not pay their wages.
