Banel & Adama

Director: Ramata-Toulaye Sy, Cast: Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy, Official Selection Cannes Film Festival, subtitled, NR

Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Banel & Adama is a lush and lyrical fable that soars to the heights of longing and descends deep into the realm of myth, sending its protagonists’ idyllic love on a collision course with their community’s customs. “The directorial debut of French-Senegalese filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy, this is one of those pictures to which the phrase “every frame a painting” might apply.” —RogerEbert.com

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