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Port Djema (1997)

Port Djema poster
Directed by
Éric Heumann
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Greece, Italy
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French doctor travels to an African port town searching for a missing friend. He becomes entangled in local tensions and personal grief.

slow-burnmelancholictenseatmosphericcontemplativesombervisually lushintrospectivestrained

What happens

Port Djema is a 1997 French drama film directed by Eric Heumann. It was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival where Heumann won the Silver Bear for Best Director. The music for the film was written by Sanjay Mishra and released as a soundtrack album called Port Djema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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