72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Si le vent soulève les sables / Sounds of Sand

Marion Hänsel
Belgium - France
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The desert eats away at the land. The endless dry season has caused the village well to run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Despite the threat of war, Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and his wife Mouna. A few sheep, some goats and Chamelle, a dromedary, are their only riches. Rahne and his family travel across hostile lands under a lethal sun, walking endlessly onwards. Sounds of Sand is a tale of exodus, survival and hope. It is also a parable about determination that brings us into the footsteps of Shasha, a nomad child full of the joys of life, whose tenacity and strength will conquer her father's love.
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Marion Hänsel
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Marion Hänsel
Photography
Walther Vanden Ende
Edition
Michèle Hubinon
Music
René-Marc Bini
Cast
Issaka Sawadogo, Carole Karemera, Asma Nouman Aden, Saïd Abdallah Mohamed, Ahmed Ibrahim Mohamed
Running Time
96 m.
Country
Belgium - France
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