A Thousand Suns
2013, French. Directed by Mati Diop.
In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots "Touki Bouki." Mory and Anta are in love. Two young lovers share the same dream: to leave Dakar for Paris. At the fateful moment, Anta embarks. Mory stays alone on quay, unable to tear himself away from his land. Forty years later, "A Thousand Suns" investigates the personal and universal inheritance which represents "Touki Bouki." What has happened since? Magaye Niang, the hero of the movie, has never left Dakar. And today, the old cowboy wonders where Anta is, the love of his youth. Stories about family, exile and cinema meet between the sphere of intimacy and that of myth.
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- 0h 45m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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A Thousand Suns is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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- Released
- 6 July 2013
- Original title
- Mille soleils
- Country
- France, Senegal
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A Thousand Suns is streaming on Criterion Channel in India. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like A Thousand Suns?
If you liked A Thousand Suns, try Atlantiques, Lumière & Company, Van Gogh: Painted with Words.
Who directed A Thousand Suns?
A Thousand Suns (2013) was directed by Mati Diop and stars Magaye Niang, Wasis Diop, Myriam Niang.