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A Thousand Suns
A Thousand Suns

A Thousand Suns

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In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots "Touki Bouki." Mory and Anta are in love. Two young lovers share the same dream: to leave Dakar for Paris. At the fateful moment, Anta embarks. Mory stays alone on quay, unable to tear himself away from his land. Forty years later, "A Thousand Suns" investigates the personal and universal inheritance which represents "Touki Bouki." What has happened since? Magaye Niang, the hero of the movie, has never left Dakar. And today, the old cowboy wonders where Anta is, the love of his youth. Stories about family, exile and cinema meet between the sphere of intimacy and that of myth.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

45 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

06 July 2013

Country

France

Cast

Magaye Niang

Magaye Niang

Himself

Wasis Diop

Wasis Diop

Himself

Myriam Niang

Myriam Niang

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