Dreams of Dust

DREAMS OF DUST

‘Dreams of Dust “ a 2006 Burkino Faso-France-Canada production in French language directed by Laurent Salgues , is depicting the painful life of Africans who works in gold mines of Burkino Faso to make a better future. Once the gold was abundant , but now a rare element , the workers hopefully hope to get good catch one day. Mocktar, basically a Niger, came there after the death of his younger daughter ,bond to a girl of similar age and to her mother. Even though he met with mine accident and injury, he continues there and after getting a good catch, the euro he received has been given to the mother of Mariana and leaves the place.
Director has beautifully blotted out the frames in the desert and in limited shots established the attitude and psyche of each character. Screenplay by the director himself and the cinematography by Crystal Fournier are excellent. Annie Jeans has compactly edited the frames. Sound was given by Thierry Morlass-Lurbe, Luc Mandeville and Stephane Bergeron is also impressive.
Cast- Makena Diop, Rasmane Onedrago, Fatou Tallsalgues, Joseph .B.Tapsoba and Souleymane Zoure.
Producers – Sophie Salbot , Mare Daigle