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Life does not stand still ( Fance-Congo-Belgique 2012 )

Color: Documentary,color, 52’

Direction: Alassane Diago

Screenplay: Alassane Diago

Director of Photography: Alassane Diago, Fabacary Coly

Sound: Alassane Diago, Adama Diarra

Editing: Annie Waks

Production: Corto Pacific, Inzo Ya Bizizi, Quizas Productions

Synopsis

Women: mothers, wives, women, fierce working women. For some, the husband immigrated, for others he is simply inactive or paralyzed by an incurable disease, gathered and mobilized for the survival of their homes, are tired and inhabited by a strong desire to denounce injustice and subjugation imposed upon them by the minority of men who lead them.

Réalisateur

Alassane Diago was born in Senegal. Passionate about writing, he wrote his own texts, studied philosophy at Dakar. After an an audiovisual training , he directed Tears of emigration , award of Film Festival of Tarifa in 2010 and the audience award for best documentary at the “festival international de films francophones” in Namur. Life does not stand still, is his second film.