Aujourd’hui
- Director: Alain Gomis
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Saul Williams, Djolof Mbengue, Anisia Uzeyman, Aïssa Maïga
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- None of them, although Saul Williams seems very familiar. I must have seen him somewhere.
- Why? Sounded good
- Seen: 26 April 2020
Satché (Williams) returns to Senegal
after a year in America. For reasons not given he has been chosen to die. This is
his last day. Everyone knows it. He is celebrated, embraced, applauded.
There are glimpses of city life, of
politics, of protest and unrest. But there is no real depth that I can see.
Satché just wanders around waiting for the day to end, waiting to die.
Why?
Maybe this is profoundly symbolic and existential,
but I don’t get it. The acting is good, especially Williams, and it’s well done
but it’s not as gripping as it should be.
2*
of 5
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