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DARESALAM
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France - Chad - Burkina Faso
2000 / 35 mm / Color / 100 min.
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Chad is a country in the middle of Africa which has experienced nothing but colonization and civil war during the 20th century. One day, first in one village, then in another, to resist a bloody and autocratic regime, the peasants and workers take up arms. A civil war begins. The vicious circle closes and every power creates its own opposition. War becomes the country's sole economy and violence its only discourse, its only political communication. Many African countries, along with countries in Asia and Latin America, have been mired in this madness for decades and do not know how to get out. Using the myth of Cain and Abel as inspiration, the story of this film tells how the inexorable war machine ends up splitting apart two very close friends who started out with the same ideals.
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Script: Serge Issa C�lo, Pierre E. Guillaume, Isma�l Ben Ch�rif.
Phot.: Jean-Jacques Mrejen.
Ed.: Catherine Schwartz.
Mus.: Khalil Chahine.
Cast: Haikal Zakaria, Abdoulaye Ahmat, G�rard Essomba, Sidiki Bakaba, Youssouf Djaoro, Ch�rif Youssouf.
Prod.: Pierre Javaux, Pierre Javaux Productions, 76, rue Blanche, 75009 Paris (France), t�l.: (33-01) 45 26 29 28, fax: (33-01) 44 53 00 47, e-mail: [email protected] / Parenth�ses Films, 8 galerie Montmartre, 75002 Paris (France), t�l.: (33-01) 49 70 00 65 / DCN, 01 BP 647, Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso) .
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Serge Issa C�lo
A graduate of the �cole Sup�rieure de R�alisation Audiovisuelle in Paris, Serge Issa C�lo began his career as an assistant director on diverse productions, including Souleymane Ciss�'s ATT. He has also worked as a cameraman, producer and director. His filmography includes several short films: Dans les sables de Bour�me (1995), Un taxi pour Aouzou (1995), L'Auberge du Sahel (1997) and Maiguida (1997). DARESALAM marks his debut in features. |
