Tableau Ferraille is a 1997
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 馂馂か馂げ馂か馂ず馂あ馂馂い馂き (Senegaali); Arabic: 丕賱爻賳睾丕賱 ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''R茅ewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 馂馂か馂げ馂ぃ馂あ馂馂げ馂ぃ馂き 馂 ...
ese film written and directed by
Moussa Sene Absa. Set in a seaside town near
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...
called ''Tableau Ferraille'', or "Scrap Heap," the film depicts the political career of ambitious Daam, played by
Isma毛l L么
Isma毛l L么 (also Isma毛l Lo; born 1956) is a Senegalese musician and actor.
Life
L么 was born in Dogondoutchi, Niger on 30 August 1956, to a Senegalese father and a Nigerien mother. Shortly after Lo's birth the family returned to Senegal wher ...
, who strives to save his town from the chaos which embroils much of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
References
* Dembrow, Michael (October 1999)
Tableau Ferraille ''Michael Dembrow's Page''. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
External links
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1997 films
Senegalese comedy-drama films
Films directed by Moussa Sene Absa
Films by Serer directors
Films set in Senegal
1997 comedy-drama films
{{FESPACO Best Cinematography Prize, state=expanded