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Les pirogues des hautes terres

Movie

Director:

Olivier Langlois
Category:

Movie / History
Writer:

Sophie Deschamps,Olivier Langlois
Cast:

Pascale Arbillot,Urbain Cancelier,Antoine Chappey
Time:

1h 35min
Year:

2012

Through the accounts of a doctor and a young couple, a review of thedetermined social battle led by the rail workers in Theis in Western Africa during the 1940s.

Casts

Credited cast:
	Pascale Arbillot	-	Yvonne Hauterive
	Urbain Cancelier	-	René Barthes
	Antoine Chappey	-	Albert Hauterive
	Oumar Diaw	-	Abdou
	Assy Dieng	-	Sokhna âgée
	Pascal Elso	-	Marcel
	Jacques Germain	-	Paul Béchard
	Bernard Graczyk	-	Deville
	Barbara Grau	-	Solange
	Youssou Ly
	Ibrahima M'Baye	-	Nar Sène
	Saddick Sall	-	Père de Sokhna
	Claire Simba	-	Sokhna
	Robinson Stévenin	-	Pierre Marie
	Samuella Tin	-	Amsa

Les pirogues des hautes terres (2012)

Gathris

Not bad, not bad at all for a made-for-TV production. Some convincing acting throughout, a good, solid script, a compelling story... what more can you expect? Yes, maybe the sound could have been better, maybe the cinematography could have been a little better, etc., but all things considered this was well worth spending one and a half hours in front of a screen for.

The film tells the story of a workers' strike in post-war Senegal, a true story that it tells very well. Even though it is certainly ideologically biased, the makers do not go over the top, the condemnation of the French colonial regime is not the 'raison d'etre' of the film, this is not simply a propaganda pamphlet for socialism and workers' rights. No, this is a film about individuals and their struggle to survive, even that of the colonial elite who is well aware the world is changing around them and nothing will ever be as it was again. Well done!

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