While We Live

While We Live (2016)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2016-10-07
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 31min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: dfm Fiktion
  • Production Country: Sweden
  • Director: Dani Kouyaté
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Summary

Kandia, an African women in her fifties who has lived in Sweden for 30 years, decides to move back to Gambia. Her son Ibbe, who dreams of a career in hip hop and is about to make a breakthrough, goes with her. Their encounter with their homeland, however, doesn't turn out the way they imagined. A warm, broad drama comedy about a universal theme: identity.

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  • Josette Bushell-Mingo

    as Kandia

  • Adam Kanyama

    as Ibbe

  • Richard Sseruwagi

    as Sekou

  • Marika Lindström

    as Ylva

  • Sten Ljunggren

    as Olof

  • Mårten Klingberg

    as Music producer

  • Philip Lithner

    as Billy

  • Anna Blomberg

    as Eva

  • Lamine Dieng

    as Modu

  • Kudzai Chimbaira

    as Soukeina

  • Susan Fatima Joh

    as Aisha

  • Christopher Tijan Smith

    as Karim

  • Mariama Colley

    as Lala

  • Mariama Colley

    as Ismael

  • Felix Down-Thomas

    as Famuru

  • Janet Badjan-Young

    as Mbalou

  • Jane Owens

    as Awa

  • Aurelia Prom

    as Fatou

  • Gibril Jobe

    as Polis

  • Peter Öberg

    as Polis

  • Karin Bertling

    as Old woman on bus

  • Tom Ahlsell

    as Hospital patient

  • Bill Hugg

    as Taxi Customer

  • Sven Boräng

    as Kandia's man

  • Nina Mélo

    as Young Kandia

  • Caroline Borg

    as

  • Patrik Fridh

    as
Writing Olivier Guerpillon Screenplay
Editing Philip Bergström Editor
Directing Dani Kouyaté Director
Production Julien Siri Producer
Sound Andreas Unge Music
Camera Alex Lindén Director of Photography
Writing Dani Kouyaté Screenplay
Production Maria Larsson Guerpillon Producer
Sound Carl Bromell Sound Recordist
Sound Aleksander Karshikoff Sound Editor
Costume & Make-Up Fatisia Gassama Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Tuija Valén Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Ya Awa Conateh Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Sanna Ekström Forsberg Costume Design
Art Elma Smajic Art Direction
Art Helga Bumsch Production Design
Production Sara Törnkvist Casting

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