Theatre
AMFM presents, "Banel & Adama" by Ramata-Toulaye Sy
2023, Senegal, France, Mali, 97 mins
English— Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young married couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists. Yet their perfect everlasting love is on a collision course with their community’s customs. Because in this world, there is no room for passion, let alone chaos.
Français – Banel et Adama sont farouchement amoureux. Le jeune couple marié vit dans un village isolé du nord du Sénégal. Pour eux, rien d’autre n’existe. Pourtant, leur amour parfait et éternel se heurte aux coutumes de leur communauté. Car dans ce monde, il n’y a pas de place pour la passion, encore moins pour le chaos.
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