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Our Problems

2004 · 30 min

A grim, socially conscious short that immerses you in the desperate choices of refugee youth, leaving a heavy emotional residue.

Directed by
Cheick Fantamady Camara
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, Assata Camara, Balla Moussa Keita
Overview
While teenagers John and Tom, who live in a refugee camp in Guinea Conakry, go from housebreaking to robbery in order to survive, Satou, similarly to many other destitute young women, turns to the streets. Things go from bad to worse and Tom - soon followed by John - gets stuck in a downward spiral of extreme violence. Will Mémé their grandmother and also a refugee, be able to save them?

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Directed by
Cheick Fantamady Camara
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, Assata Camara, Balla Moussa Keita
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • politics
  • violence
  • family
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Cheick Fantamady Camara
Written by
Cheick Fantamady Camara
Starring
Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, Assata Camara, Balla Moussa Keita, Awanatou Makaty, Francis Sylla
Music
Ray Lema
Cinematography
Jean-Philippe Polo
Runtime
30 min
Country
France, Guinea
Languages
French

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