You feel as if you’re watching something that’s region-specific, yet it never makes its characters feel like “others.” Nor do you ever sense that the act of giving these often agency-less females a voice is something based in charity, because Diop makes the endeavor feel like a necessity.
“Atlantics” premiered in Official Competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. They kiss in a secluded section of the boardwalk and make plans to meet that night at the local club. One of the best films of this year. In any case, Ada is in love with someone else: Souleiman (Traore) who is a building-site labourer working on the tower, and like everyone else he has not got paid for weeks.
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The irony is unbearable. I really enjoyed trying to puzzle through this and I was very impressed by the tonal balance that Mati Diop pulls off here.
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