| Soleil Ô | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Med Hondo |
| Written by | Med Hondo[1] |
| Starring | Robert Liensol Théo Légitimus |
| Cinematography | François Catonné Jean-Claude Rahaga |
| Edited by | Michèle Masnier Clément Menuet |
| Music by | George Anderson |
Production companies | Grey Films Shango Films |
| Distributed by | USA: New Yorker Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | Mauritania France |
| Languages | French Hassaniya Arabic |
| Budget | $30,000[2] |
Soleil Ô ([sɔ.lɛj o]; "Oh, Sun") is a 1970[3] 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.
- ^ "Soleil O > Production credits". AllMovie. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
- ^ Reid, Mark; Blum, Sylvie (31 March 1986). "Med Hondo, interview Working abroad". Jump Cut. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ Genova, James (2013). Cinema and Development in West Africa. Indiana University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-253-01011-7. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
[Soleil Ô] was copyrighted in 1967, but filming was not completed until 1969; the movie was first screened in 1970 during the international critics' week in Cannes.