Feature film
Le Bracelet de bronze
Cheikh Tidiane Aw · 1974
Synopsis
Issa, a young peasant, leaves his village for Dakar, despite the warnings of the elders. Before his departure, his fiancée Aminata slips a bronze bracelet onto his wrist, a pledge of fidelity and an amulet against the city. Dakar keeps its promises poorly: no lodging or work, then hunger. He returns to the village, but Aminata, tired of waiting, rejects him. Back in the city, he becomes violent, adopts Western manners and clothes and becomes a delinquent, until the evening when the police pursue him for an offence he did not commit.
Context
The filmmaker wrote the screenplay, produced it with the Société nationale de cinéma and played a role in it; it was his first film in colour. Nar Sène, Isseu Niang and Ngoné Thioune are in the cast, and the cinematography is by Georges Bracher. The film runs from ninety-three to one hundred and fifteen minutes depending on the prints, and it is dated 1973 or 1974. It was shown in the Turin programme on the beginnings of African cinema, and the Cinémathèque Afrique of the Institut français handles its distribution.
Who it is for
A feature film in French. The plot is simple and can be followed without knowing anything of the country; the print can be obtained through the French cultural network.
Prizes and reception
No known award; it is included in retrospectives devoted to the beginnings of African cinema.
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