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Camp de Thiaroye
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Camp de Thiaroye

1988-09-06 · 154 min · ★ 7.5

War · Drama

A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army return from combat and are temporarily held in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among them are charismatic Sergeant Diatta, educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a soldier left in a state of shock who can only communicate in guttural screams and grunts.

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Production details

Directors
Thierno Faty Sow, Ousmane Sembène
Production companies
Films Kajoor, ENAPROC - Entreprise Nationale de Production Cinématographique, Filmi Domirev
Countries
Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Sidiki BakabaSidiki Bakaba
Hamed Camara
Philippe Chamelat
Moussa Cissoko
Marthe MercadierMarthe Mercadier
Ismaila Cissé
Ababacar Sy Cissé
Eloi Coly
Ismaël Lô
Pierre LondichePierre Londiche
Camara Med Dansogho
El Hadg Ndiaye
Thierno Ndiaye DossThierno Ndiaye Doss
Oumarou Neino
Pierre Orma
Daniel Odimbossoukou
Ibrahim Sane
Jean-Daniel SimonJean-Daniel Simon
Gustave SorghoGustave Sorgho
Gabriel Zahon

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