Category: Screening
In 1916, twelve-year-old Adama lives in a remote village in West Africa. Beyond the cliffs lies the world of breaths, where the Nassaras reign. One night, his older brother Samba disappears. Defying the laws of the elders, Adama decides to go in search of him. With the unwavering determination of a child becoming a man, he embarks on a journey that will take him across the seas, to the North, and to the front lines of World War I.
Simon Rouby took his first artistic steps as a graffiti artist. He then turned to other media such as painting and sculpture. With this background, he studied film directing, first at Gobelins, Paris, then at CalArts, Los Angeles. He graduated in 2007 with two short films, Blind Spot and Le Présage. His latest short film, La Marche, was selected for various international events.
