The Place in Between (2011)
A young biracial woman raised in France travels to Burkina Faso in search of the mother she hasn’t seen in many years. Meanwhile, in Paris, an émigré from Burkina Faso who makes her living as a cleaner teaches the Dioula language to a white middle-class office worker, in this affecting story of global displacement.
Director: Sarah Bouyain
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Dorylia Calmel as Amy |
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Assita Ouedraogo as Mariam |
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Nathalie Richard as Esther |
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Blandine Yaméogo as Acita |
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Nadine Kambou Yéri as Kadiatou |
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Dominique Reymond as Marie |
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Djénéba Koné as Awa |
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Jérôme Sénélas as Eliot |
| Directing | Sarah Bouyain | Director |
| Writing | Sarah Bouyain | Writer |
| Writing | Gaëlle Macé | Writer |
| Camera | Nicolas Gaurin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Valérie Loiseleux | Editor |
| Editing | Pascale Chavance | Editor |