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A furious howl of resistance against racist oppression, the debut from Mauritanian director Med Hondo is a bitterly funny, stylistically explosive attack on Western capitalism and the legacy of colonialism. Laced with deadly irony and righteous anger, Soleil Ô follows a starry-eyed immigrant (Robert Liensol) as he leaves West Africa and journeys to Paris in search of a job and cultural enrichment—but soon discovers a hostile society in which his very presence elicits fear and resentment. Drawing on the freewheeling stylistic experimentation of the French New Wave, Hondo deploys a dizzying array of narrative and stylistic techniques—animation, docudrama, dream sequences, musical numbers, folklore, slapstick comedy, agitprop—to create a revolutionary landmark of political cinema and a shattering vision of awakening black consciousness.
Original Release
11/01/1967
US Release
03/14/1973
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Liensol | |
Theo Legitimus | |
Ambroise M'Bia | |
Gabriel Glissant | |
Akonio Dolo | |
Greg Germain | (as Graig Germain) |
Jean-Baptiste Tiemele | (as Jean Baptiste Tiemele) |
Mabousso Lo | (as Mabousso Lô) |
Georges Hilarion | |
Alfred Panou |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Liensol | |
Theo Legitimus | |
Ambroise M'Bia | |
Gabriel Glissant | |
Akonio Dolo | |
Greg Germain | (as Graig Germain) |
Jean-Baptiste Tiemele | (as Jean Baptiste Tiemele) |
Mabousso Lo | (as Mabousso Lô) |
Georges Hilarion | |
Alfred Panou | |
Djibrill | |
Les Black Echos | |
Jean Edmond | |
Armand Abplanalp | |
Marc Dudicourt | |
Bernard Fresson | |
Armand Meffre | |
Odette Piquet | |
Sarah Hardenberg | Groovy Blond |
Pierre Santini |