Atlantics

(2019)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 289 votes

Genres: Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Year: 2019

Runtime: 104 мин

Country: France, Senegal

Director: Mati Diop

Cast: Mame Bineta Sane, Amadou Mbow, Ibrahima Traore, Nicole Sougou, Aminata Kane, Mariama Gassama, Coumba Dieng, Ibrahima Mbaye, Diankou Sembene, Abdou Balde

Plot

Arranged to marry a rich man, young Ada is crushed when her true love goes missing at sea during a migration attempt — until a miracle reunites them.

In a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another.