Released Date:
2005-03-19
Languages:
English, Kinyarwanda
Countries:
France, USA, Rwanda
Runtime:
140 min
Rated:
TV-MA
IMDB Ratings:
7.9 (3700 Reviews)
Director:
Raoul PeckDebra Winger, Oris Erhuero and Idris Elba star in this drama framed by the Rwandan genocide.
Released Date:
2007-03-21
Languages:
French
Countries:
Belgium, France
Runtime:
96 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (422 Reviews)
Director:
Marion HènselGenres:
DramaMarc Durin-Valois (novel)
Marion Hènsel (screenplay)
On the one hand, there's the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there's the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and Mouna, his wife. A few sheep, some goats and Chamelle, a dromedary, are their only riches. A tale of exodus, quest, hope and fatality. Rahne and his family travel across hostile lands under a lethal sun, walking endlessly onwards and frequently crossing paths with death. But "Sounds of sand" is also a parable about determination and eternity that takes us in the footsteps of Shasha, a nomad child full of the joys of life, whose tenacity and strength will conquer her father's love.
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