Dreams of Dust (2006)
- Starring:
- Makena Diop, Rasmane Ouedraogo, (more)
- Director(s):
- Laurent Salgues
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With his deeply cathartic and intransigent drama Dreams of Dust, Laurent Salgues takes an unflinching look at life in a hellish African gold-mining community. For countless hours, days and weeks on end, the employees of a mining camp burrow long tunnels into the sand in search of increasingly elusive nuggets. When one is found, economic circumstances improve for all; when the tunnels collapse, the workers lose their lives, new teams are reeled in, and the process begins anew. Yet Salgues unveils a core of dignity at the story's center, personified by two characters - the Nigerian farmer Mocktar, still reeling from a personal tragedy, who nevertheless demonstrates astonishing tenacity by climbing into the scorching tunnels each morning; and his female counterpart, the gorgeous Coumba, also reeling from a disaster - the sudden, unexpected death of most of her family, and her consequent need to raise her daughter on her own. Amid a difficult, threatening environment, these two quickly find soulmates and a ray of hope in one another. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 86 mins
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- Director(s):
- Laurent Salgues
- Writer(s):
- Laurent Salgues
- Producer(s):
- Sophie Salbot, Marc Daigle
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