
"Africa Dreaming" is a chronicle of Africa in six acts, six contemporary stories which share the theme of love. They are psychological of social dramas presented in the specific cultural and traditional contexts of each of the six countries represented: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Mauritania and Senegal.
Contacts:
France
Les Ateliers de l’Arche,
Joseph Gaye Ramaka,
19, rue Martel - 75010 Paris
Telephone: 33 (1) 47 70 70 40
Fax: 33 (1) 47 70 70 35
E-mail: arche@Dialup.FranceNet.fr
South Africa
Catalyst Films,
Jeremy Nathan,
PO BOX 53498 - 2139 Johannesbourg
Telephone: 271 14 87 21 71/2
Fax: 271 14 87 23 86
E-mail: catalyst@Milkyway.co.za
With the participation of:
FONDS SUD CINEMA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre National de la Cinématographie - France).
1997
Producer
Dora Bouchoucha, Nomadis Images
Running time
165’
35 mm colour
Original version
subtitled in French or English
A café lost in the sands. The most important thing for the patrons: the game of chess.
Saïd and Rajeh, the owners who are also close friends, live happily whiling away their time playing chess. One day in their ordered world chance suddenly introduces a young woman...