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Releasing on Jun 7, 2024
  • 2024
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2024
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists except each other. But for the rest of their tight-knit village, duty dictates that Adama soon accept the role of chief. The two lovers have other plans . . . until something in the air changes. The rains do...

Directed By: Ramata-Toulaye Sy

Written By: Ramata-Toulaye Sy

  • 2024
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2024
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m

Banel & Adama

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
71
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Summary Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists except each other. But for the rest of their tight-knit village, duty dictates that Adama soon accept the role of chief. The two lovers have other plans . . . until something in the air changes. The rains do...

Directed By: Ramata-Toulaye Sy

Written By: Ramata-Toulaye Sy

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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11% Mixed
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83
May 21, 2023
Banel & Adama is a striking debut that puts Sy on the map as a purveyor of deceptively gorgeous visions that show flimsy desires at the mercy of the social, and literal, weather.
By Sophie Monks Kaufman FULL REVIEW
81
May 21, 2023
At an hour and 27 minutes, the film has the feel of an exquisite miniature, succinct and evocative.
By Steve Pond FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 15, 2024
Every beautiful frame casts a spell.
By Tara Brady FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 12, 2024
While beautiful, the impression left by Banel & Adama is confusing.
By Fatima Sheriff FULL REVIEW
70
May 21, 2023
Sy’s film is a curious little fable, not quite fully formed in its final stages, and occasionally so sedate and opaque, under Bachar Mar-Khalifé’s melodic, piano-forward score, that it feels like it is drowsing. But it’s a striking debut nonetheless, especially as it revolves, with graceful poetry around the inner experiences of such a curious, unknowable woman.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
70
May 21, 2023
With Banel & Adama, Ramata-Toulaye Sy has conjured a stunning world in need of a sharper story.
By Lovia Gyarkye FULL REVIEW
60
May 21, 2023
While it is flawed, this film finds an assured place in the quietist tradition of African cinema with beautiful images and strong moments, and with relevant things to say about community, a woman’s place and the climate crisis.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Production Company La Chauve Souris, Take Shelter, Astou Films, Astou Productions, DS Productions, Canal+ International, Arte France Cinéma, Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Fonds Jeune Création Francophone (FJCF), Fonds Images de la Francophonie, Fonds de Promotion de l'Industrie Cinématographique et Audiovisuelle du Sénégal (FOPICA), Doha Film Institute, ARTE, TV5MONDE, Ciné+, Cinémage 17, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Release Date Jun 7, 2024
Duration 1 h 27 m
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Awards

RiverRun International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Melbourne International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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