- Souli (film)
Infobox Film
name = Souli
image_size =
caption = screenshot
director =Alexander Abela
producer =
writer = Alexander AbelaWilliam Shakespeare (based on "Othello")
narrator =
starring =
music =Deborah Mollison
cinematography =Joseph Areddy
editing =Christel Dewynter Anthony Sloman
distributor =
released =November 6 2004 (Amiens International Film Festival)
runtime = 94 mins.
country =France Madagascar United Kingdom
language = French, Malagasy
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:314524
imdb_id = 0376205"Souli" is a 2004 Malagasy
drama film written and directed byAlexander Abela and based onWilliam Shakespeare 's "Othello ". It follows Abela's 1999 film "Makibefo ", an adaptation of "Macbeth ".Citation
last = Scheib
first = Ronnie
title = Souli Review
newspaper = Variety
date = 2004-09-02
url = http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117924767.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0
accessdate=2008-03-01]Plot
Carlos (based on Shakespeare's Cassio) is a young Spanish student searching for the renowned
Senegal ese poet Souli. Souli, based on Othello, is working as a fisherman and living with a young French woman Mona (based onDesdemona ). Abela's verision of the villainousIago is French trader Yann, who, helped by his girlfriend Abi, plots to destroy the lives of Souli and Mona.cite web
title = Festivais: Souli
language = Portuguese
publisher = Cinefrance.com.br
date = 2005
url = http://www.cinefrance.com.br/atualidades/festivais/?festival=5&filme=300
accessdate =2008-03-01 ]Cast
*Eduardo Noriega as Carlos
*Aurélien Recoing as Yann
*Makena Diop as Souli
*Fatou N'Diaye as Abi
*Jeanne Antebi as MonaDistribution and reception
"Souli" played at festivals including the 2004
Montreal World Film Festival and the 2005Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival . In 2005, it was nominated for the Grand Prix at theParis Film Festival . [cite web
title = Awards for Souli
publisher =Internet Movie Database
url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376205/awards
accessdate =2008-02-29 ]References
External links
*imdb title|0376205|Souli
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