The death of the gazelle
Director Jeremie Reichenbach
Countries France
Duration 45 min
Synopsis
North of Niger, somewhere on the borders of Sahara, hundreds of rebels of the MNJ movement, mainly Tuareg young men barely grown-up are ready to go to war. Cut-off from the world, they live according to their own rules, their own codes, in harmony with the desert. The humor, the boredom, the beauty, the nonsense of the situations, the danger of weapons and the threat of an invisible enemy, this film exploresthe improbable everyday life of these young fighters. Morning gatherings, discussions around the tea to pass the time, days go by and time seems to stand still, to suddenly accelerate when danger arises.
North of Niger, somewhere on the borders of Sahara, hundreds of rebels of the MNJ movement, mainly Tuareg young men barely grown-up are ready to go to war. Cut-off from the world, they live according to their own rules, their own codes, in harmony with the desert. The humor, the boredom, the beauty, the nonsense of the situations, the danger of weapons and the threat of an invisible enemy, this film exploresthe improbable everyday life of these young fighters. Morning gatherings, discussions around the tea to pass the time, days go by and time seems to stand still, to suddenly accelerate when danger arises.