Camp de Thiaroye
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Camp de Thiaroye

7.5 / 10 1988 2h 34mNR French
WarDrama

Storyline

A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among their numbers are Sergeant Diatta, the charismatic leader of the troop who was educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a Senegalese soldier left in a state of shock from the war and concentration camps and who can only speak in guttural screams and grunts.

Cast & Crew

Sidiki Bakaba

Sidiki Bakaba

Lead
HC

Hamed Camara

PC

Philippe Chamelat

MC

Moussa Cissoko

Marthe Mercadier

Marthe Mercadier

IC

Ismaila Cissé

AS

Ababacar Sy Cissé

EC

Eloi Coly

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ousmane Sembène's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Camp de Thiaroye is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker