Cinema
Garba
Adama Roamba · 1999
Synopsis
Garba, Moctar and Ali run away from their Koranic school and make their way to Ouagadougou, where they meet Sydi, a street child, with whom they struggle to survive by stealing and begging; Garba, who is disabled, gets around on a wheeled cart that his comrades push. Knocked down by a car, he falls into the hands of David, a young executive who knew the street before entering working life, and who decides to save him, even at the price of his marriage.
Context
The film is the first of the three short fiction films that its director devoted to the street children of the capital. It was produced by a French company, La Luna Productions, with cinematography by Paul Djibila and music by Jean-Claude Soubeiga, and was played by children taken from outside the performing professions. Shown in Ouagadougou in 1999, it earned its author an invitation to Cannes the same year.
Who it is for
In French and in the languages of the country, a short film. The story rests on a handful of street scenes and requires knowing what a Koranic school is when entrusted to a master who makes his pupils beg.
Prizes and reception
Baobab Seed Prize at the Ouagadougou festival in 1999; also shown in Milan and Amiens.