A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one.
As World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray.
En 2003, un trío de mercenarios que huye de un golpe de estado en Guinea-Bissau se refugia en una región oculta del río Saloum, en Senegal. Pero les espera algo sobrenatural.
Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor. A satiric portrayal of religion and politics, sometimes humorous, sometimes deadly serious.
Hawa, una niña de 15 años, vive sola con su abuela gravemente enferma. Trama un plan para ser adoptada por alguien a quien admira más que nada: una de las mujeres más poderosas del mundo.
Una pelea entre un imán y su poderoso hermano por el matrimonio de sus hijos. Lo que está en juego es cómo una pequeña comunidad se inclina lentamente hacia el extremismo.
A Senegalese radio station announces that a special aircraft to the US is at the disposal of any traveller who wishes to emigrate. But since there is a limited number of places. Moussa, who has always dreamt of voyaging afar, decides to set off.
Idrissa, civil servant, lives in the suburbs of Dakar, Senegal. Due to IMF budgetary restriction measures he loses his job. When his wages dry up, he is forced to live at the expense of his wife. He strives to regain his manly pride.
Like every Carmen, Karmen Geï is about the conflict between infinite desire for freedom and the laws, conventions, languages, the human limitations which constrain that desire.
