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The Absence

20131h 22mMovieDramaFamily

After brilliant studies in France and a 15-year absence from his homeland, Adama, a young graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, rushes back to Senegal. He is alarmed by a message informing him of the sudden decline in his grandmother's…

DirectorMama Keïta

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Cast · Directed by Mama Keïta

WNWilliam Nadylam
William Nadylam
Adama
MDMouss Diouf
Mouss Diouf
Le proxénète
JT
Jacky Tavernier
Aïcha
MD
Mame Ndoumbé Diop
La grand-mère
IMIbrahima Mbaye
Ibrahima Mbaye
Djibril
OS
Omar Seck
Le Professeur
IT
Ismael Thiam
Souleymane

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