Best award winning movies with a with heartfelt moments from Senegal
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a with heartfelt moments from Senegal! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a with heartfelt moments from Senegal, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Saloum (2021)
Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.
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- 2021-03-21 | Horror / Thriller
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- Yann Gael, Evelyne Ily Juhen
Rating
6.529
2 Félicité (2017)
Félicité, a strong and proud woman, sings in bars in Kinshasa. She drifts away from reality when her 14-year-old son gets into an accident. In electric Kinshasa, she wanders in a world of music & dreams... until love unexpectedly brings her back to life.
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- 2017-03-29 | Music / Drama
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- Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu, Gaetan Claudia
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6.6
3 Night of the Kings (2021)
A young man is sent to "La Maca," a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners. Learning what fate awaits him, he begins to narrate the mystical life of the legendary outlaw named "Zama King" and has no choice but to make his story last until dawn.
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- 2021-02-26 | Drama
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- Koné Bakary, Steve Tientcheu
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6.739
4 Touki Bouki (1973)
Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
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- 1973-07-01 | Drama / Romance
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- Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang
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6.648
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5 Black Girl (1966)
Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
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- 1966-03-17 | Drama
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- Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek
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7.371
6 Hyenas (1992)
A now-rich woman returns to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal to the populace: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who years earlier abandoned her and left her with his child.
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- 1992-09-18 | Drama / Comedy
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- Djibril Diop Mambéty, Mansour Diouf
Rating
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7.03
7 Yao (2019)
From his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, the latter goes to his country of origin for the first time. To fulfill his dream, the young Yao organizes his fugue and brave 387 kilometers alone to the capital. Touched by this child, the actor decides to flee his obligations and to accompany him home. But on the dusty and uncertain roads of Senegal, Seydou understands that while rolling towards the village of the child, it also rolls towards its roots.
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- 2019-01-23 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Omar Sy, Fatoumata Diawara
Rating
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6.5
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8 Beyond: An African Surf Documentary (2017)
Africa, Europe - Europe and Africa: Surfers live differently on each continent and Africa marks a special place - as surfing is in many places at its very beginnings. 'Beyond - An African Surf Documentary' follows locals along the coast of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia into their homes, visits their home surf spots and takes a look into their surfing lives. Three months of shooting culminated in a 111 minute long episodic journey on a continent, that has the potential to be the next big thing in surfing.
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- 2017-10-05 | Documentary
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6.5
9 Tauw (1970)
A young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfriend who has been rejected by her family.
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- 1970-01-02 | Drama
Cast
- Mamadou M'bow, Amadou Dieng
Rating
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7.0
10 Un amour d'enfant (2004)
Despite the difference in their upbringings and family lives, five young children become friends. Omar is in love with Yacine, a pretty, intelligent girl from a wealthy family. He decides to pen her a love letter, which ends up causing misunderstanding and a rift between him and his childhood love. Meanwhile, Demba falls in love with a beggar and they share 'secret' stares and tender touches in brief meetings each time. All the children seek advice from their mentor, who sells bicycle-rides at the beach-front. The innocence of childhood infatuation is cleverly layered over a troubled Senegal laboring under the strains of strike action and economic upheaval.
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- 2004-01-01 | Drama
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0.0