A film by Alain Gomis. Starts June 11th at the fsk. In seve­ral lan­guages with German subtitles.

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The film beg­ins with a defi­ni­ti­on of its title: “DAO is a per­pe­tu­al and cir­cu­lar move­ment which flows in ever­y­thing and unites the world.” And then it pro­ceeds to take us to the cas­ting of Gloria, a cha­rac­ter who­se daugh­ter is about to be mar­ried. An off-screen voice direc­ting the cas­ting ses­si­on tells us that “the first step is to make this fami­ly”. Actors and non-actors are cast and brought tog­e­ther to beco­me rela­ti­ves who will all cele­bra­te a wed­ding in Paris and com­me­mo­ra­te the loss of their patri­arch in Guinea-Bissau. Their indi­vi­du­al sto­ries and their com­mon threads of heri­ta­ge are woven tog­e­ther with fact and fic­tion as they tra­vel bet­ween the­se two worlds; love, laugh­ter, ritu­al, pain and histo­ry intert­wi­ned. Perpetual cir­cu­lar move­ment framing reality.

Credits:

FR/SN/GW 2026 , 185 Min., Französisch, Wolof, Manjak, Guineabissauisches Kreol OmU
Regie: Alain Gomis
Kamera: Céline Bozon, Amath Niane, Mabeye Deme
Montage: Alain Gomis, Fabrice Rouaud, Assetou Koné, Dimitri Ouedraogo, Elizabeth Ndiaye, Moustapha Mbalo Dieng
mit Katy Correa, D’Johé Kouadio, Samir Guesmi, Mike Etienne, Nicolas Gomis, Fara Baco Gomis, Poundo Gomis

Trailer:

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