Tales of Ugetsu (1953) by Kenji Mizoguchi.


“I like universality, and a movie like this one, anybody, from anywhere, can see it and through it feel extraordinary emotions by its stories, so simple and moving, stories that concerns our inner souls and our nightmares, this beautifull dream that transforms, and this the human kind story. This is why this film, for me who comes from Colobane, talks to me like if Mizoguchi was coming from Colobane too, like if all the men and women that played in this film were coming from Colobane too, my childhood neighborhood. If was deeply moved by that.”

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Younger brother of filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty, whom he worked with a lot on his movies, Wasis Diop, as a musician, gave birth to a sensitive and very diverse work, a true invitation to travel. Whether sampled by Dr Dre & Track-master for “The Firm”, or chosen for the soundtrack of “The Thomas Crown Affair” by John McTiernan with Pierce Brosnan and Nina Simone, or for the films of a master of French cinema like Techiné, Wasis Diop continues his route with integrity and musical talent that make him an artist impossible to circumvent in World Music.