Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 65 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Senegal
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
- immigrant
- suicide
- work
- france
- homesickness
- servant
- southern france
- exploitation
- senegal
- french riviera
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Mbissine Thérèse Diop
Diouana
Anne-Marie Jelinek
Madame
Robert Fontaine
Monsieur
Nar Sene
Diouana's Boyfriend
- Ibrahima Boy — Boy with Mask
- Bernard Delbard — Young Male Guest
- Nicole Donati — Young Female Guest
- Raymond Lemeri — Old Male Guest
- Suzanne Lemeri — Old Female Guest
- Philippe — Couple's Oldest Son
- Sophie — Couple's Daughter
- Damien — Couple's Youngest Son
- Toto Bissainthe — Diouana (voice)
- Robert Marcy — Monsieur (voice)
- Sophie Leclair — Madame (voice)
- Directed
- Ousmane Sembène
- Written
- Ousmane Sembène
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 176 ratings
- Studio
- Filmi Domirev, Les Actualités Françaises
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.
