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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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