The interlinked names of the lovers have an unusual power in Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s haunting, halting “Banel & Adama.” They play over and over as a whispery lullaby on the soundtrack. They cover the ...

One of the rarest sightings at the Cannes Film Festival is the first-time filmmaker whose debut feature has been admitted to the exclusive Main Competition lineup. That section is normally the domain ...

Sales banner Best Friend Forever has unveiled the teaser for Ramata Toulaye-Sy’s buzzed-about Senegalese drama “Banel & Adama,” which is the sole feature debut slated for the competition at the Cannes ...

In Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s debut feature bowing in Cannes competition, a couple must fight against the odds for the survival of their love. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic The notebook bears the ...

There is a sultry elusiveness to Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s debut feature that makes it hard to articulate its subject or even its genre. Is this a riff on “Romeo & Juliet”, filtered through Senegalese ...

Khady Mane and Mamadou Diallo in 'Banel & Adama' Cannes Film Festival “You cannot go against your destiny,” 18-year-old Banel is warned in Banel & Adama (Banel e Adama), a visually striking and ...

The French-Senegalese filmmaker tells THR why she isn't nervous about making her feature debut in the festival's competition and talks about the emergence of African stories in cinema and the ...

First-time feature director Ramata-Toulaye Sy's Cannes-competing drama is a lyrical, languid fable set in a tiny, parched village in rural Senegal. But the rains don’t come. Adama, who married Banel ...

A languid immersion into the rhythms of life and nature in a small village curdles into slow-simmering tensions. We hear their names first, as intimate whispers repeat, “Banel and Adama,” and DP Amine ...

“You cannot go against your destiny,” 18-year-old Banel is warned in Banel & Adama (Banel e Adama), a visually striking and deceptively heavy debut from French-Senegalese director Ramata-Toulaye Sy, ...