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Drowned in Oblivion (2007) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 10, 2007

Original Title:
Le cercle des noyés

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
CBA
Cobra Films
Gsara A.s.b.l.
Images Plus
Les Ateliers du Laziri
Zeugma Films

Production Countries:
Belgium | France

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 71

Overview from TheMovieDB

Le Cercle des noyés is the name given in Mauritania to black political prisoners imprisoned from 1987 in the old colonial fortress of Oualata. This film touches on the fragile process of unveiling memories by one of these former prisoners who remembers his story and that of his companions. In a visual echo, the places of their confinement come one after another denuded from any traces of that past.

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Production

Cinematography:
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd

Color Timer:
Nicolas Perret

Colorist:
Hervé Vander Heyden
Thomas Bouffioulx

Director:
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd

Editor:
Philippe Boucq

Sound Editor:
Paul Delvoie

Sound Mixer:
Alain Cabaux

Unit Production Manager:
Oumar Bâ

Writer:
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
Bâ Fara

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