Banel & Adama

Name: Banel & Adama
Genre: Drama
Released: June 7, 2024
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Amadou Ndiaye, Binta Racine Sy, Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Moussa Sow

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: June 7, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Amadou Ndiaye, Binta Racine Sy, Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Moussa Sow, Ndiabel Diallo, Oumar Diaw

Summary: Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young married couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists except each other. But for the rest of their tight-knit village, duty dictates that Adama soon accept the role of chief. The two lovers have their own plans… until something in the air changes. TheBanel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young married couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists except each other. But for the rest of their tight-knit village, duty dictates that Adama soon accept the role of chief. The two lovers have their own plans… until something in the air changes. The rains do not come, the cattle begin to die, the men leave. The curse weighs on Adama's sense of duty, and the chasm between them drives Banel into a feverish, mystical chaos.… Expand

Director: Ramata Sy

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 min

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IndieWire Sophie Monks Kaufman

May 21, 2023

Banel & Adama is a striking debut that puts Sy on the map as a purveyor of deceptively gorgeous visions that show flimsy desires at the mercy of the social, and literal, weather. Read full review

Steve Pond

May 21, 2023

At an hour and 27 minutes, the film has the feel of an exquisite miniature, succinct and evocative. Read full review

Phil de Semlyen

Mar 18, 2024

From sombre Islamic prayers to café-touba-fuelled socialising, Banel & Adama is stitched beautifully together from the fabric of rural Senegalese traditions. Read full review

Wendy Ide

May 21, 2023

This sparse, atmospheric fable grows markedly in power in the second half, as Banel’s passion takes on an edge of violence and insanity. Read full review

Fatima Sheriff

Mar 12, 2024

While beautiful, the impression left by Banel & Adama is confusing. Read full review

Jessica Kiang

May 21, 2023

Sy’s film is a curious little fable, not quite fully formed in its final stages, and occasionally so sedate and opaque, under Bachar Mar-Khalifé’s melodic, piano-forward score, that it feels like it is drowsing. But it’s a striking debut nonetheless, especially as it revolves, with graceful poetry around the inner experiences of such a curious, unknowable woman. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 21, 2023

While it is flawed, this film finds an assured place in the quietist tradition of African cinema with beautiful images and strong moments, and with relevant things to say about community, a woman’s place and the climate crisis. Read full review

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