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.
Stars: Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara, Philippe Chamelat, Moussa Cissoko, Marthe Mercadier, Ismaila Cissé
Crew: Ousmane Sembène (Director), Ousmane Sembène (Screenplay), Thierno Faty Sow (Director), Thierno Faty Sow (Screenplay), Mamadou Mbengue (Producer), Rachid Bouafia (Sound Engineer)
Country: Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia
Language: العربية, Deutsch, Français, Wolof
Studio: Films Kajoor, ENAPROC - Entreprise Nationale de Production Cinématographique, Films Domireew
Runtime: 154 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 06, 1988
IMDb: 3.8
