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CECI N'EST PAS UN POLAR

CECI N'EST PAS UN POLAR

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November 18, 2014 to February 27, 2015

By Joris Lachaise
Joris Lachaise accompanies writer and filmmaker Khady Sylla to Senegal’s national psychiatric hospital, near Dakar, where she has been committed several times. Seeking dialogue, she meets the psychiatrist who treated her, familiar patients and other faces of the institution. An atlas of a strange place, a gallery of disconcerting characters, Ce qu’il reste de la folie (Grand Prix, French competition, FID Marseille) is a reflection on today’s Senegal, post-colonialism and its consequences – a country locked in perpetual struggle with its contradictions, where traditional healers and modern doctors try to work together. Using powerful, contrasting images, Lachaise delivers a tactful exploration of the underlying tensions in an oppressive environment.

Country : France
Year : 2014
Language : French, Wolof
Subtitles : French
Runtime : 100 min
Cinematography : Joris Lachaise
Editing : Joris Lachaise
Sound : Bertrand Wolff, Rassoul Sow
Production : Anne-Sophie Popon