Kandia, an African women in herfifties who has lived in Sweden for 30 years, decides to move back to Gambia.Her son Ibbe, who dreams of a career in hip hop and is about to make abreakthrough, goes with her. Their encounter with their homeland, however,doesn't turn out the way they imagined. A warm, broad drama comedy about a universal theme: identity.
A film by Dani Kouyaté
Sweden, 2016, Fiction, 90 mins, Drama / Comedy / Music
starring Adam Kanyama, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Richard Sseruwagi, Sten Ljunggren
Original title: Medan vi lever Swedish title: Medan vi lever Working title: Banjul Form: Feature Country: Sweden
Director: Dani Kouyaté Producer: Maria Larsson Guerpillon, Julien Siri Screenplay: Dani Kouyaté, Olivier Guerpillon Film Editor: Philip Bergström
Film Commissioner: Baker Karim
Producers : Maria Larsson Guerpillon, Julien Siri
Production Company: DFM AB (Digital Filmmakers AB), Stockholm
Advance allocations: Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet / Swedish Film Institute, Stockholm Funding granted 8 000 000 SEK
Efter 30 år i Sverige bestämmer sig Kandia, en afrikansk kvinna i femtioårsåldern, för att flytta tillbaka till Gambia. Sonen Ibbe är precis på väg att slå igenom som hiphop-artist i Sverige, men bestämmer sig för att försöka hämta hem sin mamma. Det visar sig dock snart att mötet med hemlandet inte alls blir som de tänkt sig.
REGI : Dani Kouyaté
Sverige, 2016, Spelfilm, Drama/komedi/musik
I ROLLERNA: Adam Kanyama, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Richard Sseruwagi, Sten Ljunggren m.fl.
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