Atlantic streaming

In Dakar, two young lovers have a star-crossed relationship. Fate may bring them together in this beautiful, darkly romantic tale. These young people in Senegal’s capital are desperately tied to their materialistic dreams. Diop captures their feverish needs in the rhythm of different genres: social chronicle, urban exploration, police investigation and ghost story. Above all,Atlantique‘s dark romanticismnot only raises the dead but also addresses burning social issues, while aptly mapping male and female bodies against the beaches and colossal construction sites of Dakar as shapes poetically stretching to the skies and seas.As part of Critics’ Choice, the screening on Fri 24 Jan, 16:15 will be preceded by a video essay from Patricia Pisters.