Wallay 2017

Wallay 2017

Wallay 2017
G | 1h 24min | Drama | 28 June 2017 (France)

Storyline:

Ady, a 13 year-old boy, no longer listens to his father, who raises him alone in southern France. The father running out of resources, decides to entrust Ady to his uncle Amadou for the summer. Uncle Amadou and his family live across the Mediterranean Sea in Burkina Faso! There, at 13 years of age, one must become a man but Ady, persuaded to go on holiday, understands things differently.

User review:

In a work of vibrant, cross-cultural filmmaking, director Berni Goldblatt (Ceux de la colline), in Wallay, explores the generational conflicts among the members of an extended, intercontinental family. 13-year-old Ady (Makan Nathan Diarra), of Burkinabe origins, lives in France with his father. In an opening scene between the two, we see them violently disagree on something, but don’t know what. Cut to a plane landing in the West-Central African country of Burkina Faso, and Ady is off on what he thinks is a short vacation to his father’s homeland. Instead, he finds himself stuck in the middle of a roiling drama, his father’s brother, “Tonton Amadou” (Hamadoun Kassogué), accusing him of stealing the money orders that were supposed to come his way. The stage is set for the young man’s comeuppance.

Director: Berni Goldblat
Writer: David Bouchet
Stars: Makan Nathan Diarra, Ibrahim Koma, Hamadoun Kassogué
Country: France | Burkina Faso
Language: French | Dyula
Release Date: 28 June 2017 (France)
Filming Locations: Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso