After saying “no” on her wedding day, Aya leaves the Ivory Coast to start a new life in Guangzhou, China.

Cast & Crew
Producers: Denis Freyd, Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Jean-Luc Ormières
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Script: Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall
Director of Photography: Aymerick Pilarski
Production Design: Véronique Sacrez
Music: Armand Amar
Sound: Loic Collignon
Editing: Nadia Ben Rachid, Peter Bernaers
Cast: Nina Melo, Han Chang, Ke-Xi Wu, Michael Chang
Production. Archipel Studio 35, Dune Vision, Cinefrance Studios

Abderrahmane Sissako
Abderrahmane Sissako is a Mauritian-born Malian film director and producer known for films which explore globalization and displacement. He studied cinema at the Federal State Film Institute in Moscow and in the 1990s settled in France. His first feature-length film, Waiting for Happiness, won a FIPRESCI Prize at the 2002 Cannes FF. His features Bamako (2006) and Timbuktu (2014) were widely acclaimed, with the latter selected to compete for the Palme d’Or and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Filmography (selected)
Rostov – Luanda (doc., 1997), Life on Earth (1998), Waiting for Happiness (2002), Bamako (2006), Timbuktu (2014), Black Tea (2024).