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Soleil Ô ([sɔ.lɛj o]; "Oh, Sun") is a 1970 French-Mauritanian drama film written and directed by Med Hondo. The title refers to a West Indian song that tells of the pain of the black people from Dahomey (now Benin) who were taken to the Caribbean as slaves.
Jan 4, 1973 · With Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Ambroise M'Bia, Gabriel Glissant. A native of Mauritania is delighted when he is chosen to work in Paris. However, he is disappointed when he sees racial inequity as blacks are relegated to manual labor while less skilled whites are given preferential treatment.
Oct 1, 2020 · A semiautobiographical film, Soleil Ô was intended as a form of self-therapy, a way for Hondo to expose the vampiric racism that was destroying his own life, to exorcise the effects of that cancer on an individual and collective body.
Soleil Ô follows a starry-eyed immigrant as he leaves West Africa and journeys to Paris in search of a job, a community, and intellectual engagement—but soon discovers a hostile society where his very presence engenders fear and resentment.
Soleil Ô. Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project. A furious howl of resistance against racist oppression, the debut from Mauritanian director Med Hondo is a bitterly funny, stylistically explosive attack on Western capitalism and the legacy of colonialism.
Soleil Ô. 1970 France. Directed by. Med Hondo. Featuring. Robert Liensol, Théo Legitimus, Yane Barry. Ranked in The Greatest Films of All Time poll. = 243. 2022 critics' poll. Who voted for Soleil Ô. A vibrant humanist statement on racism and immigration that remains pertinent today.
Soleil O is now streaming on the Criterion Channel. Med Hondo holds a singular position within African cinema.
