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2024-02-27T13:45:33.053Z

Highlights: Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako loses himself with the story of an Ivorian woman who emigrates to China. From the credits, an ant zigzagged across her white tulle dress. The camera lingers for a long time on the insect which is either very well trained or recreated digitally. Neither one nor two, Aya leaves her Ivory Coast to settle in Canton. The heroine sets down her suitcases in Chocolate City, a district where Africans gather.


REVIEW - Ten years after the captivating Timbuktu, Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako loses himself with the story of an Ivorian woman who emigrates to China. A film invaded by metaphors.


This is a woman who says no.

At the last second, on her wedding day, she utters the fateful word in front of a stunned crowd and her stunned fiancé.

He shouldn't have cheated on her the day before, either.

There was a warning sign.

From the credits, an ant zigzagged across her white tulle dress.

The symbol is a little too pretty and the camera lingers for a long time on the insect which is either very well trained or recreated digitally.

Neither one nor two, Aya leaves her Ivory Coast to settle in Canton.

This sudden decision is hardly explained to us.

The heroine sets down her suitcases in Chocolate City, a district where Africans gather.

Obviously, she intends to change her life: here she is sporting a tousling mane like Angela Davis.

This detail contrasts with the profession she chose.

She works in a tea shop.

It is an art.

The boss, divorced with two children, teaches him precise gestures, tiny secrets, shows him how…

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Source: lefigaro

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