Tag: Mati Diop

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Netflix NYFF Review

ATLANTICS

Atlantics / Atlantique (Mati Diop, 2019), Netflix, Senegal / France / Belgium, DCP, colour, sound, 104 minutes
Atlantics / Atlantique (Mati Diop, 2019), Netflix, Senegal / France / Belgium, DCP, colour, sound, 104 minutes, Ada (Mame Bineta Sane)

Mati Diop’s Atlantics elevates a handspun ghost story to transcendent heights

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BFI LFF Review

MONOS

Monos (Alejandro Landes, 2019), Picturehouse, Colombia / Argentina / Netherlands / Germany / Sweden / Uruguay, DCP, colour, sound 102 minutes
Monos (Alejandro Landes, 2019), Picturehouse, Colombia / Argentina / Netherlands / Germany / Sweden / Uruguay, DCP, colour, sound 102 minutes

A stark portrayal of excessive violence and child militance that renders all the comforts of civilisation unimportant