The Absence

Original title: L’Absence

Mama Keita/ Senegal - France/ Uolof - French/ 2009/ Colour/ 82 minutes

Adama returns to Dakar from France after 15 years when he receives a telegram that his grandmother ill. But there is nothing wrong with her. The telegram is just a means of getting him to return home. Adama has no intention of staying in Dakar, however, and increasingly feels like a foreigner. But when he is forced to open his eyes to the realities of Dakar and he knows the fact his sister is a prostitute. He decides whether to continue to be defined by his absence.

Director: Mama Keita

Cast: Jackie Tavernier, Ibrahima Mbaye, William Nadylam