Si le vent soulève les sables (2006)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Marion Hänsel

Writers:

Marc Durin-Valois (novel)
Marion Hänsel (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 March 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

On the one hand, there's the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Isaka Sawadogo	...	Rahne
Asma Nouman Aden	...	Shasha
Carole Karemera	...	Mouna
Saïd Abdallah Mohamed	...	Fils 1
Ahmed Ibrahim Mohamed	...	Fils 2
Emile Abossolo M'bo	...	Lassong
Marco Prince	...	Officier Armée Bleue

Also Known As:

Sounds of Sand (International: English title)

Runtime:

Belgium:96 min

Country:

Belgium | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12

Company:

Man's Films

Must See!

I saw this film at the Palm Springs Film Festival and was fortunate to also participate in the Q&A session after the film with the director. This was a very good film about the struggles within the small villages in Africa that are lacking access to water. The film deliberately does not state a particular region of Africa because the story can be applied to almost anywhere across the continent. The film was really well casted and the cinematography was well depicted. I especially enjoyed the musical soundtrack. Bring a bottle of water with you to see this film because it will make you thirsty! We forget how difficult life is for others in regions of the world we are not very familiar with and I love these types of movies that remind us to remember others and their struggles. It is heartbreaking to think hundreds of thousands of people are struggling as those in this movie. The story focuses on one family in a village that decides to travel across a desert in search of water wells. There are no roads and no one can be trusted so their decision is life threatening but must be done because of the lack of water in their own village. The family crosses the desert and suffers tragedies along the way that bring you emotionally into the movie. There was one scene we had to laugh about, in the desert when the father and daughter were resting and leaning on the camel with a little make shift shade cover; they were on the wrong side of the camel because the other side had a LOT more shade then the sunny side they were on. Strongly recommend everyone to support films like this one, it's so important for us to help our neighbors and not just the ones with resources we want.