Festival 3 Continents
Compétition internationale
47th edition
NOV. 21>29, 2025, Nantes France

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Genesis
(La Genèse)

by Cheick Oumar SISSOKO

Three hundred years after the Flood, three clans are tearing each other apart: Jacob the breeder and his sons, the nomadic hunters led by Esau and the settled far- mers and their chief Hamor. Esau the nomadic hunter harbours a mortal hatred for Jacob, his younger brother, since he usurped Esau’s natural primogeniture. Cloistered in his camp, Jacob mourns the supposed death of his son Joseph. Hamor’s son, Sichem, kidnaps Dina, Jacob’s daughter…

  • Titre français
    La Genèse
  • Original title
    La Genèse
  • Titre international
    Genesis
  • Scénario
    Jean-Louis SAGOT-DUVAUROUX
  • Photo
    Lionel COUSIN
  • Montage
    Aïlo AUGUSTE
  • Son
    Martin BOISSAU
  • Interprétation
    Sotigui KOUYATÉ, Balla Moussa KEITA, Salif KEITA, Fatoumata DIAWARA, Hélène DIARA
  • Production
    Kora Films
  • Support de projection
    35 mm
  • Sous-titrage
    VOSTF

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