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Camp de Thiaroye
Genres
WarDrama
Overview
A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among their numbers are Sergeant Diatta, the charismatic leader of the troop who was educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a Senegalese soldier left in a state of shock from the war and concentration camps and who can only speak in guttural screams and grunts.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
154 min
Release Date
1988-09-06
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
21
Vote Average
7.405
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Sidiki Bakaba
Hamed Camara
Philippe Chamelat
Moussa Cissoko
Marthe Mercadier
Ismaila Cissé
Ababacar Sy Cissé
Eloi Coly
Ismaël Lô
Pierre Londiche
Camara Med Dansogho
El Hadg Ndiaye
Thierno Ndiaye Doss
Oumarou Neino
Pierre Orma
Daniel Odimbossoukou
Ibrahim Sane
Jean-Daniel Simon
Gustave Sorgho
Gabriel Zahon
Koffi Saturnin Zinga
Casimir Zoba
John Peterson
Marcel Duplouy
Gerard Maxent
Robert Morgan
Charles Estifian
Éric Dudoit
Laurent Kuntz
Adama Sambou
Innocence Coly
André Massoni
Lamine Mane
Leopoldine Robert
Marie-Ève Duplouy
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