Camp de Thiaroye

1988 • 2h 34m • War, Drama

100%Rotten Tomatoes

A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army return from combat and are temporarily held in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among them are charismatic Sergeant Diatta, educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a soldier left in a state of shock who can only communicate in guttural screams and grunts.

Director

Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow

Writers

Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow

Status

Released