Cinema
Dancing in the Dust
Bal poussière
Henri Duparc · 1988
Synopsis
In Adiaké, a village in Côte d'Ivoire, Demi-Dieu, a wealthy pineapple planter respected by all, already has five wives. When Binta, a young woman who has come back to the village after a long stay in Abidjan, crosses his path, he falls in love with her and decides to marry her, so as to have a wife for each day of the week, Sunday excepted. The newcomer's arrival upsets the order of the household and fuels the discontent of the first five.
Context
The film was shot with its author's own funds, thanks to the success of a children's television series, from a screenplay written during his studies. Shooting took place at Adiaké; Bakary Bamba plays the role of Demi-Dieu, Hanny Tchelley that of Binta. The Humanities Institute file places it in what the author called his “naive cinema” and notes a prize for directing at Fort-de-France in 1988, then the grand prize and the critics' prize at Chamrousse in 1989.
Who it is for
A comedy of about an hour and a half, in French, on polygamy, tradition and women's freedom.
Prizes and reception
Its author's greatest success, credited with three hundred thousand admissions in France; restored, it was shown at Cannes Classics in 2021.
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