BANEL & ADAMA

Cinematography: Amine Berrada

Cast: Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy, Moussa Sow

Synopsis: 

Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young married couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists. Yet their perfect everlasting love is on a collision course with their community’s customs. Because in this world, there is no room for passion, let alone chaos.

Short bio

French-senegalese Ramata-Toulaye Sy was born and raised in the Paris region. She joined La fémis in 2011 in the Screenwriting department, from which she graduated in 2015. Ramata-Toulaye worked, among others, as a screenwriter on the film ‘Sibel’ (2018) by C. Zencirci and G. Giovanetti as well as on ‘Our Lady of the Nile’ (2019) by A. Rahimi. In 2020, Ramata-Toulaye directed her first short film, ‘Astel’, selected in more than 80 festivals and pre-selected for the 2023 César Awards. ‘Banel & Adama’ is her first feature film.

Festivals:

Cannes Film Festival, Official Selection Competition, 2023