The Pirogue

Name: The Pirogue
Genre: Drama
Released: January 23, 2013
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 74

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ArtMattan Productions | Release Date: January 23, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Thirty men and one woman leave Senegal in a pirogue captained by a local fisherman to undertake a treacherous seven-day crossing of the Atlantic to Spain where they hope to find better opportunities at the end of their journey.

Director: Moussa Touré

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 min

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Elizabeth Weitzman

Jan 24, 2013

Every moment feels human and true, from the naive optimism of the trip's sendoff to its unsparingly realistic conclusion, which trades reckless hope for quiet honor. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Jan 22, 2013

The most powerful thing about The Pirogue is the way it deals with emotionally charged events matter-of-factly, rather than melodramatically. The story Mr. Touré has chosen to tell is both painfully specific - about these individuals, in this boat - and immeasurably vast, since the experience it depicts is shared by millions of people around the world. And yet somehow he gets the scale just right. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jan 24, 2013

In the poignant, symmetrical end, Touré leaves the idea that the real yearning of these people is for a fair shake in their own home. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Jan 19, 2013

Toure crafts a handsome work that makes up in skill and honesty what it lacks in originality. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Jan 23, 2013

For all the tense interpersonal conflicts and the inevitable, if thrilling, stormy-seas set piece, what proves most striking are the exactly rendered little moments. Read full review

Stephen Dalton

Jan 19, 2013

This universal story could easily serve as a dramatically gripping primer on topical immigration issues to schoolchildren across the globe, from Arizona to Afghanistan. 　 Read full review

Calum Marsh

Jan 19, 2013

Moussa Touré's worldview, like Ousmane Sembene's, is characterized by the feeling that, at the end of the day, some degree of loss or defeat is inevitable. Read full review

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