CAPTIVE OF THE DESERT
A film by Raymond Depardon
French Distribution • International Sales
CAPTIVE OF THE DESERT
A film by Raymond Depardon
With
Sandrine Bonnaire, Dobi Koré, Fadi Taha, Dobi Wachinké, Badei Barka, Atchi Wahi-Li, Daki Koré, Isai Koré, Mohamed Ixa, Brahim Barkaï, Hadji Azouma, Barkama Hadji, Sidi Hadji Maman
French Distribution • International Sales
Releases
French Release on 18-04-1990
World Premiere: CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 1990 – IN COMPETITION
Genre
Fiction
Synopsis
A Frenchwoman is taken hostage by an African tribe for months - can she escape? Based on the ordeal of Françoise Claustre, who was taken hostage – along, after a year, with her husband – by the Toubous, a nomadic tribe in the African desert (Chad), between 1976 and 1979.
