Movie
Love Letters in Somalia
1982 · 95 min
A hushed, diary-like drift through distant landscapes and heartbreak, pairing intimate longing with stark images of hardship.
- Directed by
- Frédéric Mitterrand
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Frédéric Mitterrand
- Overview
- In this epistolary film, the traveler gives us his impressions of Africa parallel to the expression of his amorous distress. The images of the present intertwine with the incessant echoes of lost love, combining intimate pain with the misery of a country torn apart by internal struggles and poverty.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Love, grief, isolation, politics
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Frédéric Mitterrand
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Frédéric Mitterrand
