And Then There Was Light
Events in an idyllic African village are shown in detail in the period just before logging trucks come in and cut down the forest around the villagers, forcing them to move into the wretched shantytowns that surround major cities throughout the undeveloped world. Despite the familiar premise, this surprisingly unsentimental film by Georgian director Otar Ioselliani has several things going for it, beginning with the cinematography and including the natural and unaffected (non-professional) performances of the villagers.
Year: 1989
Studio: CNC, Direkt-Film, La Sept, Les Films du Triangle, RAI
Director: Otar Iosseliani
Cast: Sigalon Sagna, Saly Badji, Binta Cissé, Marie-Christine Dieme, Fatou Seydi, Alpha Sane
Crew: Otar Iosseliani (Director), Yves Brover-Rabinovici (Production Design), Charlotte David (Costume Design), Marie-Agnès Blum (Editor), Otar Iosseliani (Editor), Ursula West (Editor)
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