Obscure Night—Goodbye Here, Anywhere

(Nuit obscure—Au revoir ici, n’importe où)

In Conversation

  • Debarati Sanyal is a Professor of French and Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry at UC Berkeley.

“For many African migrants fleeing a difficult life, the Spanish enclave of Melilla, in Morocco, is an ideal spot from which to dream of a better future. With persistence bordering on obsession, the group of minors led by Malik—whom Sylvain George follows with equal levels of persistence, but also modest discretion—try to travel to Europe. . . . Shot in majestic black and white tones which elevate the adventures of the film’s protagonists into enormous, Caravaggio-flavoured tableaux vivants, Obscure Night—Goodbye Here, Anywhere focuses on a reality the western world would rather not see . . . dissident dreams which transcend geographical boundaries” (Giorgia Del Don, Cineuropa).

FILM DETAILS 
Cinematographer
  • Sylvain George
Language
  • Arabic
  • Spanish
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • B&W/Color
  • DCP
  • 183 mins
Source
  • Sylvain George

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