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A furious cry of resistance against racist oppression, the debut from Mauritanian director Med Hondo is a bitterly funny, stylistically explosive attack on Western capitalism and the lingering legacy of colonialism. Laced with deadly irony and righteous anger, Soleil Ô follows a starry-eyed immigrant (Robert Liensol) as he leaves West Africa and journeys to Paris in search of a job, a community, and intellectual engagement—but soon discovers a hostile society where his very presence engenders fear and resentment. Drawing on the freewheeling experimentation of the French New Wave, Hondo deploys a dizzying array of narrative and stylistic techniques—animation, docudrama, dream sequences, musical numbers, folklore, slapstick comedy, agitprop—to create a revolutionary landmark of political cinema and a shattering vision of awakening black consciousness. (Criterion)
(meer)Acteurs
Armand Meffre
Frankrijk
Beste films:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon des sources (1986)
Verdict (1974)
Greg Germain
Frankrijk
Beste films:
Une affaire d'hommes (1981)
Violette Nozière (1978)
Soleil Ô (1967)
Robert Liensol
Frankrijk
Beste films:
Kirikou en de heks (1998)
Tempo di uccidere (1990)
Soleil Ô (1967)
Théo Légitimus
Frankrijk
Beste films:
Les Trois Frères (1995)
Het leven voor de boeg (1977)
Le Téléphone sonne toujours deux fois (1985)
Armand Abplanalp
Zwitserland
Beste films:
Soleil Ô (1967)
Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)
Les Granges Brulées (1973)