Tabaski

Dakar, a few days before the feast of Tabaski, an artist works on the theme of the ritual sacrifice of a ram. The red paint drips from the sketches hanging on the washing line. Three characters and a sheep are drawn towards him and bring him back to reality.

Directed by, screenplay: Laurence Attali (France/Senegal, 2019)
Distribution: Camara Guèye (the artist), Éric Torres (the shepherd), Kya Loum (the singer), Christian d'Erneville (the saxophonist)
Genre: dramedy
Awards: audience prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands, 2020) and grand jury prize at Dakar Court (Senegal, 2019), selected for the official competition of the 27th edition of Fespaco (2021)