Soleil Ô (1967)

Original title

Soleil O

Directed by

Med Hondo

Genre

documentary film, drama film

Country

Mauritania, France

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A black man from Africa tries to build a life in France. He faces racism and a deep sense of displacement as he searches for belonging.

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What happens

Soleil Ô ([sɔ.lɛj o]; "Oh, Sun") is a 1970 French-Mauritanian drama film written and directed by Med Hondo. The title refers to a West Indian song that tells of the pain of the black people from Dahomey (now Benin) who were taken to the Caribbean as slaves. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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