Black Light

  • Lumière noire
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1994

When a man's best friend is shot in cold blood by two corrupt policemen, he must track down the only eyewitnesses, who have deported to Mali.


Directed by
Med Hondo

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Didier Daeninckx also novel
Med Hondo

Cast (in credits order)
Patrick Poivey... Yves Guyot
Inês de Medeiros... Ghislaine Guyot
Charlie Bauer... Det. Londrin
Gilles Ségal... Inspector Cadin
Doudou Babet
Michel Barbey
Roland Bertin... Judge Berthier
Marc de Géorgi
Raoul Delfosse
James Diarra
Jean Edmond
Marc François
Jacques Frantz
Gérard Hernandez
Siaka Kané
Pascal Légitimus... La Bricole
Théo Légitimus
Dominique Maurin (as Dominique Collignon-Maurin)
Patrick Messe
Patrick Olivier
Pascal Renwick
Serge Sauvion
Bernard Soufflet
Mostéfa Stiti
Arlette Thomas
Jean-Baptiste Tiemele
Jean-Luc Torre
Michel Vigné

Original Music by
Avanos
Aziza
Manu Dibango
Toure Kunda

Cinematography by
Ricardo Aronovich

Film Editing by
Christiane Lack

Production Design by
Patrick Durand

Sound Department
Pascal Armant.... sound engineer





Newspapers comments:

Télérama:
Intense final cut, beautiful pictures, perfect soundtrack (Manu Dibango, Touré Kunda…) are the right ingredients to a tremendous thriller. A real good movie production and direction.

Le Monde:

A true movie denouncing any injustice and lies.

L'Ecran:
A glance on democracy confronting high secure policies.

Politis:
A movie based on reality. It's showing injustice and reason of State.





Festivals selection:

Deauville festival ("surprise film")

Articles

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Organizations

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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