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Luck RAZANAJAONA, Madagascar, 2024

SYNOPSIS

Madagascar, nowadays. Twenty-year-old Kwame, who struggles to make a living in the clandestine sapphire mines, is taken back to his hometown by an unexpected turn of events. As he reunites with his mother and old friends, he finds himself confronted with the rampant corruption plaguing his country. Now, he will have to choose between easy money and loyalty; between individualism and political awakening.

BIOFILMOGRAPHY

The director comes from Madagascar and studied at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Visuels in Marrakech,

Morocco. He has participated in and developed his projects at Berlinale Talents, Rotterdam Lab and La

Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde in Cannes. His short films and feature-length documentaries have screened at numerous festivals around the world. Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story is his first feature-length fiction film.