Les Sauteurs (2016)
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Directors
Abou Bakar Sidibé, Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert
A Malian migrant films his own 16-month effort to cross the border into Europe.
The story
On the mountain above Melilla, a Spanish enclave on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast, thousands of African migrants live hoping to breach the fence into Europe. Among them is Abou Bakar Sidibé, a migrant from Mali who becomes the film’s central subject. Sidibé films the documentary himself over 16 months as he attempts to make the crossing. The account focuses on his experience and the migrants’ shared hope of reaching Europe; the supplied plot description does not state whether he succeeds.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Melilla lies on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast. On the mountain above the Spanish enclave, thousands of hopeful African migrants live with the dream of one day breaching the fence into Europe. Abou Bakar Sidibé, from Mali, is one of them. He is the film’s main subject and filmed it himself during the 16 months it follows him as he tries to make the leap.
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