Mama Sané plays a young, lower-class Senegalese woman whose lover drowns at sea while attempting to migrate to Spain, and her ensuing emotional disarray manifests in a series of strange happenings. Atlanticsĭirector Mati Diop’s Cannes-winning feature debut is a dystopian gothic romance full of elegant, unforgettable imagery.
Though the lead character is highly cynical, the movie takes a refreshingly uncynical view of the generation gap. Shot in romantic and intimate black-and-white, The 40-Year-Old Version is packed with one-liners and great musical sequences. Blank plays a once-buzzy playwright who starts rapping to rekindle her creative spark while selling out on Broadway. Radha Blank wrote, directed and starred in this cringe-comedy about an artist reaching a point in life where the need to make money brushes up against a desire for creative fulfillment.
