Atlantics Review Ghosts Are All Over This Senegalese Feature Cannes World Of Reel
The film’s opening scene has local workmen angry about not having been paid for three months of work, despite assurances from the foreman that the boss, Mr. N’Diaye (Diankou Sembene), will eventually cough up the dough. The camera eventually follows one of those workers, Souleiman (Ibrahima Traore), and his blossoming love-affair with Ada (the beautiful Mama Sane). Despite her parents forcing Ada to marry Omar, a very rich man who could set her up with a life without poverty, she feels no attraction whatsoever to her husband-to-be....