Celine Goes to Mali

199118 min 12 secFilm: Fiction, Children's film

Direction: Monique Crouillère

Production: Jean-François Mercier

Script: Monique Crouillère

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the financial assistance of the Canadian International Development Agency.

Celine is a young girl from Quebec who has never ventured outside her quiet suburb. A student exchange program offers her her first real trip... To Mali in Africa! From the moment she arrives in the capital, Bamako, she experiences the disorientation that can arise when two cultures meet. And she will also discover the small and great moments of everyday life in an African city. This film can be used in conjuction with The Invincible, by the same filmmaker.

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Céline au Mali

Subject categories

  • Developing Countries > Africa - West AfricaArts and CultureYouth
  • Social Issues > Foreign SocietiesYoung Adults

Credits

director
Monique Crouillère
script
Monique Crouillère
producer
Jean-François Mercier
cinematography
François Beauchemin
sound
Philippe Scultéty
editing
Suzanne Allard
sound editing
André Chaput
re-recording
Adrian Croll
music
Serge Lafortune
cast
Isabelle Brasseur
Siaka Kané
Diarrah Sanogo
Ada Tiokary
Karim Diarra
Balla Moussa Keïta
Cheick Hamala Keïta
Moriba Diakité Du Maurice