While We Live (Medan Vi Lever)

  • Tant qu'on vit (Medan vi lever)
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title : Banjul
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2016
Format : Feature
Running time : 90 (in minutes)
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Kandia, an African women in herfifties who has lived in Sweden for 30 years, decides to move back to Gambia.Her son Ibbe, who dreams of a career in hip hop and is about to make abreakthrough, goes with her. Their encounter with their homeland, however,doesn't turn out the way they imagined. A warm, broad drama comedy about a universal theme: identity.

A film by Dani Kouyaté

Sweden, 2016, Fiction, 90 mins, Drama / Comedy / Music

starring Adam Kanyama, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Richard Sseruwagi, Sten Ljunggren



Original title: Medan vi lever
Swedish title: Medan vi lever
Working title: Banjul
Form: Feature
Country: Sweden

Director: Dani Kouyaté
Producer: Maria Larsson Guerpillon, Julien Siri
Screenplay: Dani Kouyaté, Olivier Guerpillon
Film Editor: Philip Bergström

Film Commissioner: Baker Karim

Producers : Maria Larsson Guerpillon, Julien Siri

Production Company: DFM AB (Digital Filmmakers AB), Stockholm

Advance allocations: Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet / Swedish Film Institute, Stockholm
Funding granted 8 000 000 SEK

Swedish release: 2016-09-02

Source:
www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=79314

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SVENSKA

Efter 30 år i Sverige bestämmer sig Kandia, en afrikansk kvinna i femtioårsåldern, för att flytta tillbaka till Gambia. Sonen Ibbe är precis på väg att slå igenom som hiphop-artist i Sverige, men bestämmer sig för att försöka hämta hem sin mamma. Det visar sig dock snart att mötet med hemlandet inte alls blir som de tänkt sig.

REGI : Dani Kouyaté

Sverige, 2016, Spelfilm, Drama/komedi/musik

I ROLLERNA: Adam Kanyama, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Richard Sseruwagi, Sten Ljunggren m.fl.



LÄNGD : ca 90 min

RELEASE PÅ BIO : Hösten 2016

http://www.njutafilms.com/medan-vi-lever-bio/

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