Waalo Fendo - Where the Earth Freezes
Milan, like Paris or Stuttgart, and like many other European cities, is the theater of the drama of immigration. Demba reconstructs his story and that of his brother Yaro, both Senegalese immigrants in Italy, in a long and fragmentary flashback that begins with Yaro’s murder and recounts their departure from the village, arrival in Europe, the work they find selling lighters and picking tomatoes in the south of Italy: the stages every “non-EEC citizen” goes through in Italy.
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Waalo Fendo - Where the Earth Freezes
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Feb 2, 1998
Runtime
1h 5m
Genres
Drama
User Score
70%
Original Title
Waalo Fendo - Là où la terre gèle
Director
Mohammed Soudani
Description
Milan, like Paris or Stuttgart, and like many other European cities, is the theater of the drama of immigration. Demba reconstructs his story and that of his brother Yaro, both Senegalese immigrants in Italy, in a long and fragmentary flashback that begins with Yaro’s murder and recounts their departure from the village, arrival in Europe, the work they find selling lighters and picking tomatoes in the south of Italy: the stages every “non-EEC citizen” goes through in Italy.