Atlantics

2019, dir Mati Diop w/Mame Bineta Sane, Traore, Coumba Dieng, 106 min, DCP

Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, shortlisted for an Oscar, and widely lauded as one of the best films of the year, Mati Diop’s ATLANTICS is a gorgeous and mysterious film about a love affair that transcends death. The beautiful Ada (Sane) is betrothed to a rich man but loves a construction worker who becomes lost at sea and returns in a different form to woo her again.