Rostov-Luanda (1998)

• 74%
• 1998
• Documentaire

Born in Mauritania and raised au Mali, Abderrahmane Sissako received a scholarship to study film à Moscou, after graduating from school. To learn Russian, he was sent to Rostov-on-the-Don river for an entire year. On the endless train ride from Moscow to Rostov, he met Baribanga, à Angolan student who was going to the same language school. That year, far from home, the two Africans became friends. Almost two decades later, Sissako decides to search for Baribanga. Rostov-Luanda tells two stories, the search for the long-lost friend, that leads to encounter with present-day Angola. It is also a personal retrospective, a film about departure and journeying, from Mauritania, to Mali and then to the former Soviet Union and the new destination dans the film, Angola. The film weaves histories of many countries and their intertwinement, the confusion of a continent becomes a sensual experience, and we perceive something of the history of Africa.