''Sansa'' is a 2003 French film directed by

Siegfried Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace". The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...

, starring

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. Siegfried also composed music for his film together with violinist

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who play own role in the film. Original release summary: "Les aventures rocambolesques de Sansa à travers le monde" (Sansa's incredible adventures around the world).

Plot

Artist/writer/director/producer Siegfried follows a street hustler/artist Sansa (

) who makes his way from Paris to Russia using his street smarts. Sansa is charming and careless, living the bohemian life. His encounters are numerous, mostly with feminine characters, until he gets attached to an old and eccentric orchestra conductor (

) who becomes a kind of father figure. Sansa's peregrinations start in Montmartre, then follow with a succession of international clichés. In Italy, we "learn" that women have dark hair and are beautiful while men are machos; we even to get to enjoy a

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chase. Russia is the land of chaos and organized crime where everybody gets drunk with vodka. Africa is corrupted, India is about people going naked in the river and Egypt has pyramids. Meanwhile, our hero Sansa, who is the victim of police abuse anywhere he goes, is unstoppable, seducing women around the world, like a backpacking James Bond, jumping from one train to another, escaping trouble, running into friends everywhere he goes, and walking, his hands in his pockets, through the great icy lands of Russia and the Moroccan desert. In the end, despite following him for thousands of kilometres around the world, Sansa didn't go anywhere.

"France, Spain, Italie, Hungary, Russia, India, Japan, Egypt, Portugal, Ghana, Burkina Faso...
Passing through frontiers... No controls... Sansa is free. He loves women. Has love affairs. He's walking observing the world. A symphony of faces, unforgettable meetings... There is Click, the conductor...
There is Sansa and Click. They're having fun...
They let themselves be guided by the music..." —
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''(About Sansa)''

Cast

- Sansa *

- Monsieur Click *

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- Emita * Silke - Paloma *

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- Valentina *

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- Chloé *

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- June *

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- Georges *

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- Ahmed *

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- Le CRS *

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- herself

Awards

The film won Youth Jury Award at

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(2003). And also it was nominated for the Grand Prix of

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(2004).Awards for Sansa
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''. Retrieved 2011-05-22.

References

External links

Official website (French)
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sansa (Film) 2003 films French drama films 2000s French-language films