Camp de Thiaroye
Camp de Thiaroye
Movie

Camp de Thiaroye

7.4/10
1988
2h 34m
fr
War
Drama

Overview

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.

Director

Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow

Writers

Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow

Movie Information

Release Date

September 6, 1988

Runtime

2h 34m

Status

Released

Original Language

fr

Vote Count

21

Production

Films Kajoor

ENAPROC - Entreprise Nationale de Production Cinématographique

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