

A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among their numbers are Sergeant Diatta, the charismatic leader of the troop who was educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a Senegalese soldier left in a state of shock from the war and concentration camps and who can only speak in guttural screams and grunts.

The runtime is 154 minutes (2h 34m).
The film features dialogue in 4 languages: Arabic, French, German, Wolof.
It was a co-production between: Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia.
The film was directed by Ousmane Sembène.
The screenplay was written by Ousmane Sembène and Thierno Faty Sow.
Cinematography was handled by Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0092716.

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Great
22 votes
Camp de Thiaroye
Released
العربية, Français, Deutsch, Wolof
Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia
