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The Armchair (2009)

The Armchair poster
Directed by
Missa Hébié
Country
Burkina Faso
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A man in Burkina Faso deals with the significance of a chair. The film follows his experiences and the people around him as the chair changes things.

thoughtfulgroundedreflectiveunderstatedslow-pacedobservationalintimate

What happens

The Armchair (French: Le fauteuil) is a 2009 Burkinabé film directed by Missa Hebié. It was written by Hebié and Noraogo Sawadogo. It won the Oumarou Ganda Prize at the 21st Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. It was also screened at the 2009 Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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