'
Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Little Senegal

Play trailer Poster for Little Senegal 2001 1h 37m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 1 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Aging Senegalese man Alloune (Sotigui Kouyaté) curates a slavery museum in his home country. Spurred by the reaction of curious patrons, Alloune is inspired to find the descendants of the people brought to the United States during the slave trade. So he travels to America, eventually landing in New York and meeting up with his cab driver nephew, Hassan (Karim Koussein Traore), Hassan's girlfriend, Biram (Adja Diarra), and storekeeper Ida (Sharon Hope), who could be Alloune's distant relative.

Where to Watch

Little Senegal

Critics Reviews

View All (1) Critics Reviews
Mark R. Leeper Mark Leeper's Reviews [Kouyate's] performance is a little flat, but he is more than made up for by the human thunderstorm that is Ida. Rated: 7/10 Sep 23, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (5) audience reviews
Audience Member Le film est intà (C)ressant et avec que sensibilità (C) rà (C)elle,j ai beaucoup aime même si je trouve qu'il y a parfois des cliches . Le sujet a à (C)tà (C) si peu traite que une và (C)ritable critique de fond s'avère difficile.Sans allà (C) jusqu'à ce point le film reste apprà (C)ciable et intà (C)ressant mais ce n est pas le meilleur Rachid bouchareb que j ai vu. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Sotigui Kouyaté is wonderful. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member From the director of "Indigènes" with Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Naceri, Sami Bouajila Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member slow rhytm works well. the reel i watched was not subtitled and i do not know french...so it was a unusual cinema-experience. the main-character, old man, is symphatetic and has charisma. beautiful. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member ce film est une merveille! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
Little Senegal

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

View All Cast and Crew

Rachid Bouchareb

Director

Sotigui Kouyaté

Alloune

Sharon Hope

Ida

Roschdy Zem

Karim

Karim Koussein Traore

Hassan

Adetoro Makinde

Amaralis
View All Little Senegal photos

Little Senegal

View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Aging Senegalese man Alloune (Sotigui Kouyaté) curates a slavery museum in his home country. Spurred by the reaction of curious patrons, Alloune is inspired to find the descendants of the people brought to the United States during the slave trade. So he travels to America, eventually landing in New York and meeting up with his cab driver nephew, Hassan (Karim Koussein Traore), Hassan's girlfriend, Biram (Adja Diarra), and storekeeper Ida (Sharon Hope), who could be Alloune's distant relative.
Director
Rachid Bouchareb
Producer
Jean Bréhat
Screenwriter
Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb
Production Co
Tassili Films, Open City Films, Canal+, France 2 Cinema, 3B Productions, Taunus Film
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Surround
Most Popular at Home Now