Nous aurons toute la mort pour dormir (1977)

Directed by

Med Hondo

Genre

documentary film

Country

Mauritania, France

Runtime

2h 40m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the armed struggle of the Polisario Front against Spanish colonization in Western Sahara. It was shot in the former Spanish Sahara area over several months in the mid-1970s.

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What happens

Nous aurons toute la mort pour dormir (We will have all death to sleep), is a 1977 Franco–Mauritanian documentary film directed by Med Hondo and produced for Les Films du Soleil Ô. The film was shot for 4 months from December 25, 1975 to March 5, 1976, in the area of the former Spanish Sahara. The film deals with the armed struggle of Polisario Front in Western Sahara against Spain colonization. The film received positive reviews from critics and was screened at Berlin International Film Festival of West Germany in June 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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