Released
Drowned in Oblivion
April 10 2007 (over 17 years ago)Rating
70
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3 reviews
- Director: Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 1 h 11 m
- Countries: Belgium, France
- Companies: Zeugma Films, Cobra Films, Images Plus, Gsara A.s.b.l., CBA, Les Ateliers du Laziri
Le Cercle des noyés is the name given in Mauritania to black political prisoners imprisoned from 1987 in the old colonial fortress of Oualata. This film touches on the fragile process of unveiling memories by one of these former prisoners who remembers his story and that of his companions. In a visual echo, the places of their confinement come one after another denuded from any traces of that past.
