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Mar 18, 2024 · Last year, Ramata-Toulaye Sy became only the second Black woman to compete for the Palme d’Or – with her first feature, no less – at Cannes.Banel & Adama, a tragic love story set in rural Senegal, shared red carpet space with future Oscar winners Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest at the festival – but ask her how she feels about scaling such lofty peaks so early in her career ...
Sy was a cowriter of the feature films Sibel [7] and Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame-du-Nil), [8] before making Astel as her first directorial project. Her feature debut, Banel & Adama , entered production in 2022, [ 9 ] premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was also screened at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival . [ 10 ]
Mar 15, 2024 · Banel & Adama is not just the title of this gorgeously directed film by Ramata-Toulaye Sy, but a kind of mantra, a fervent prayer. The names of two married young lovers in a remote Senegalese village, the phrase is repeatedly whispered and written by Banel, the wife – at first with the naive infatuation of adolescence, and later with the desperation of the damned.
Banel & Adama: Directed by Ramata-Toulaye Sy. With Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy, Moussa Sow. A young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village.
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Mar 15, 2024 · Most disaster movies announce themselves with vast tsunamis, spewing volcanoes or cow-flinging twisters. In Senegalese writer-director Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s tough but tender debut, balance with ...
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May 8, 2023 · "Banel & Adama" by French Senegalese director Ramata-Toulaye Sy will feature in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.Running from May 16-27, the world's most prestigious ...
Ramata-Toulaye Sy was born on 14 June 1986 in Paris, France. She is a writer and director, known for Banel & Adama (2023), Astel (2021) and Sibel (2018). Menu.
