Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Senegal, Belgium
- Frights
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Arranged to marry a rich man, young Ada is crushed when her true love goes missing at sea during a migration attempt — until a miracle reunites them.
- loss of loved one
- emigration
- supernatural
- senegal
- construction worker
- forced marriage
- dakar
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Aminata Kane — Fanta
- Mariama Gassama — Mariama
- Coumba Dieng — Coumba
- Ibrahima Mbaye — Moustapha
- Diankou Sembene — Mr. Ndiaye
- Abdou Balde — Cheikh
- Babacar Sylla — Omar
- Arame Fall Faye — Ada's mother
- Ya Arame Mousse Sene — Ada's grandmother
- Babacar Samba — Ada's father
- Astou Ndiaye — Souleimane's mother
- Directed
- Mati Diop
- Written
- Mati Diop, Olivier Demangel
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 289 ratings
- Studio
- Les Films du Bal, Cinekap, Frakas Productions, ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+ International
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
