Ramata

Ramata (2011)

Ramata is a spellbindingly beautiful woman in her fifties. She has been married for thirty years now to Matar Samb, a very rich man, a former prosecutor who is now Minister of Justice. They live in Les Almadies, an elegant neighborhood of Dakar. Ngor Ndong is twenty-five. He is young, strong, mysterious and homeless. He is an occasional petty crook, known to the police. One evening, in a taxi that Ngor Ndong just happens to be driving, Ramata, reticent at first, finally agrees to follow this young man half her age to the Copacabana, a dive in the seediest part of Dakar.

Date of release
2011-06-01
Runtime
1h 30m
Director
Léandre-Alain Baker

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Ramata

Ramata is a 2007 feature-length fiction film directed by Léandre-Alain Baker and starring the model Katoucha Niane in the title role.

Production

The film was adapted from a novel by Abasse Ndione.

Baker said he hesitated at first over choosing Katoucha as the lead due to her reputation and the fact that she was not an actress, but eventually accepted that she was right for the role.

He said of the film "Essentially, it is the story of the metamorphosis of a woman, her relationship with the world, and the universe around her".

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