Waalo Fendo - Where the Earth Freezes

Overview

Milan, like Paris or Stuttgart, and like many other European cities, is the theater of the drama of immigration. Demba reconstructs his story and that of his brother Yaro, both Senegalese immigrants in Italy, in a long and fragmentary flashback that begins with Yaro’s murder and recounts their departure from the village, arrival in Europe, the work they find selling lighters and picking tomatoes in the south of Italy: the stages every “non-EEC citizen” goes through in Italy.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 2, 1998

Original language

French

Spoken languages

french, italian, wolof

Countries

Algeria, Italy, Senegal, Switzerland

Production

Amka Films Productions

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0217140