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Bye Bye Africa

2003 · 86 min

A quiet, reflective docu-drama that blurs memory and reality, leaving a lingering sense of loss and cultural longing.

Overview: A Chadian film director who lives and works in France returns home upon the death of his mother. He is shocked at the degraded state of the country and the national cinema. The filmmaker decides to make a film dedicated to his mother.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, bleak and warm. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, identity, art, memory
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
identity
art
memory
isolation
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: documentary, drama
Directed by: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Written by: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Garba Issa, Aïcha Yelena, Abakar Mahamat-Saleh, Khayar Oumar Defallah, Abderamane Koulamallah, Issa Serge Coelo, Sophie Barrand
Cinematography: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Robert Millié
Runtime: 86 min
Country: Chad, France
Languages: Arabic, French