剧情介绍
吉尔本身是塞内加尔人，现在法国学习，本以为在这里受到良好教育后可以报效祖国，不料他突然面临一个居住证件的问题。愉快的憧憬一下子没了
El Hadj is studying in Paris. He is one of the young Senegalese men who have come to Paris since the French colony became independent to get a good education so that he can serve his fatherland on his return. Unexpectedly he is suddenly confronted by a problem with his residence papers, just because he has arranged an extension too late. His pleasant life filled with good prospects has gone in one fell swoop. He faces a dilemma. He can stay illegally in France, the country where he feels at home, where he has his friends, has fallen in love and can drink water from the tap. Or he can return (without graduating) to the 3rd-world country of Senegal to use the knowledge he has acquired. It is not only a practical choice. It comes down to the question of who he is, who he thought he could be. Gomis' impressive feature début looks at the theme of uprooting both on an existential and emotional level. The everyday confrontation with a different culture makes an apparently simple project ...
Alain Gomis的第一部长片，略显拖沓，过长，故事难以集中。细节上的描写挺细腻，这个优点在往后的两部片子有个更优秀的发展并成为其创作的最大优势。看这个导演的短片一直到三部长片，其中的进步和自我风格的探寻真叫人欣喜，主题上的围绕和继承也相当连贯，可以看出是个非常努力的人。
说句老实话，镜头上太过黑乎乎的一片的确突显了这部电影背后的主题，有关非洲人民，有关民主与独立，有关思想解放和钳制。这不仅仅是一个人的融入，更代表了新一代流动一族的处境。一如吉尔的朋友说的，我们就像火烈鸟，一只脚在水里一直脚在空中，收起翅膀，举目四望一片茫然。
主题很深刻，手法很独特
这个中文片名好奇怪。。。某些镜头切换我有点没懂，其余的故事大概算明白吧。
塞内加尔电影 拍的跟屎一样 乱七八糟 旁白乱用 插叙随便胡来 主题摇摆不定 连配乐都给人以糟烂的感觉 看的相当恶心