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Edinburgh – Institut Français d’Ecosse
November 13, 2023 @ 18:30
After the success of Saint Omer in last year’s Festival, this is a chance to catch Diop’s earlier documentary which journeys into the diversity of the suburbs, following in the tracks of the RER B train route. As it gains momentum, this deceptively cunning documentary sees those parallel tracks converge and criss-cross unexpectedly, throwing off fascinating intellectual sparks of insight at the switching points. Diop challenges the traditional ideas of how a documentary should be organised.
"French-Senegalese film-maker Alice Diop offers a sensitive portrayal of disparate communities... "
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