LOVE LETTERS FROM SOMALIA

A film by Frédéric Mitterrand

French Distribution • International Sales • Losange Production

LOVE LETTERS FROM SOMALIA

A film by Frédéric Mitterrand

French Distribution • International Sales • Losange Production

Releases
French Release on 21-04-1982

Genre
a feature film

Synopsis
In its own way, Frédéric Mitterrand’s film is a continuation of those tales of travel so popular in the 19th century. It is a film-letter wherein the traveller, who we only hear in voice-over, shares his impressions of Africa while also telling of his disappointments in love. Old colonial trading posts, an interview with Syad Barr – the dictator in power, an encounter with a young Parisian nurse working in a refugee camp all interweave with the constant echoes of lost love. Personal sorrow combines with the grief of a country torn apart by internal conflicts and poverty.

« Sublime »

Télérama

« Sur les pas de Proust en Somalie »

Le Quotidien de paris

« Il faut le dire, c’est très beau »

Le Monde

« L’élégance passionnelle et distante d’un Höderlin »

Les Nouvelles littéraires

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Information

Producers: Les Films du Losange
Co-producers: France 3 Cinéma
France Distribution: Les Films du Losange
International Sales: Les Films du Losange

Nationalities: France

Script: Frédéric Mitterrand
Photographer: John Cressey
Editing: Luc Barnier
Sound: Pierre Camus
Music: Jean Wiener

Duration: 1h40
Length: 2769 m
Sound Format: Mono
Visa: 54687
Production Year: 1982