LES ENFANTS DE TROUMARON

Credits

Name: LES ENFANTS DE TROUMARON

Country: Mauritius

Year of publication: 2012

Format: DCP

Color: color

Language : OF m. engl. UT

Duration: 90 Minuten

Direction: Anenden, Harrikrisna; Anenden, Sharvan

Screenplay: Devi, Ananda

Camera: Jaxa, Piotr

Editing: Le Mignant-Labye, Catherine

Sound: Canini, Amélie

Actor: Hassamal, Roshan; Philips, Kitty; Sungkur, Vinaya; Mootien, Kristeven

Abstract

Troumaron is a troubled neighbourhood that lies on the outskirts of Port Louis, the Mauritian capital. Those living there have barely any chance of finding a job since the nearby textile factory closed. Men and women spend their time watching television or playing dominoes on the roadside; gangs comb the streets and girls try to escape their merciless stares. In this environment, four youngsters dream of getting out of the grinding poverty. There is the wannabe poet Sadiq and the jaded, embittered Clelio; the occasional prostitute Eve and Savita, who hopes to escape her miserable life with Eve’s help. The feature film shows, without blinders or illusions, both their daily struggle for survival in these bleak surroundings and their view of the world.

LES ENFANTS DE TROUMARON received the 2012 audience award at the “Festival international des films d’Afrique et des Îles” in Réunion and a special mention by the African film critics’ jury at FESPACO 2013.

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