« Mbëkk mi » are two Wolof words that evoke illegal immigration. The expression slaps like the canoes that hit the ocean waves and often crash at the end of their trip. But Mbëkk mi especially means standing up to fate's deadly blows. These young Senegalese are ready to face many dangers for a better life. But what happens on the other side? Those cursed by the sea leave behind loved ones. We hear their unique voices in this documentary. In the intimacy of simple conversations, they deliver overwhelming words of restraint.
Videographer and photographer Sophie Bachelier has been interested for many years in how our collective history weaves into our personal destinies and transforms them. From the Marquesas Islands to Senegal, via Algeria, she deals with memory, wandering, exile, trace, which focuses on the words of the people interviewed, or their silence and on the comment. Mbëkk Mi, le souffle de l’océan, is her first film.
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