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22.02.28 -

Twist à Bamako

Comédie dramatique 1962. Le Mali goûte son indépendance fraîchement acquise et la jeunesse de Bamako danse des nuits entières sur le twist venu de France et d’Amérique. Samba, le fils d’un riche commerçant, vit corps et âme l’idéal révolutionnaire : il parcourt le pays pour expliquer aux paysans les vertus du socialisme. C’est là, en pays bambara, que surgit Lara, une jeune fille mariée de force, dont la beauté et la détermination bouleversent Samba. Samba et Lara savent leur amour menacé. Mais ils espèrent que, pour eux comme pour le Mali, le ciel s’éclaircira…

22.02.28 -

Twist à Bamako

Dramatic comedy Mali, 1960. The youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock and roll music newly imported from the West and dream of political renewal. Samba, a young socialist, falls for spirited Lara during one of his missions to the bush. To escape her forced marriage, she secretly flees with him to the city. But Lara’s husband won’t let them be and the Revolution soon brings painful disillusions as they dream of a future together.

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