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Soleil Ô is the masterful first feature by Med Hondo, which played at the 1970 International Critics’ Week at Cannes Film Festival, and won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. Made over five years in collaboration with the theater group Shango, Hondo’s film follows an idealistic, unnamed protagonist (portrayed by the Guadeloupean actor Robert Liensol) as he emigrates from West Africa to France. Soleil Ô is an incisive attack on obdurate colonial legacies and pervasive racism.


Image courtesy of Janus Films

  • Year
    1970
  • Runtime
    102 minutes
  • Language
    French w/ English subtitles
  • Country
    France, Mauritania
  • Director
    Med Hondo