Official Competition Feature Film

Synopsis

This is about a house in Bamako , an artist’s house. This house is a link to his parents, to his history, to his memories. One day in 2008, his sisters are unlawfully evicted from it. This is also about Mali. A country he has witnessed falling into war, regardless of the tolerance that has been its tradition ever since it gained independence.

Technical details

1ère africaine & arabe
Duration: 96 minutes
Nationality: Mali
Production year: 2015
Director: Souleymane Cissé
Screenplay: Souleymane Cissé
Director of Photography: Xavier Arias , Hamady Diallo, Fabien Lamotte, Thomas Robin
Editor: Youssouf Cissé, Andrée Davanture, Clémence Diard, Marie-Christine Rougerie
Sound:Vincent Defaye, Yiriyé Sabo
Email : ucecaomali@hotmail.fr
Cast : Magnini Koroba Cissé, Aminata Cissé, Badjénèba Cissé

Our house (2015)

The Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, known in Africa for his documentary and feature films, was considered one of the major African filmmakers of the late 20th century. He was the first African to win a major award at the Cannes Film Festival in France.