Camp de Thiaroye
1988 · 154 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 704 VOTES · DIR. Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow
Overview
A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among their numbers are Sergeant Diatta, the charismatic leader of the troop who was educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a Senegalese soldier left in a state of shock from the war and concentration camps and who can only speak in guttural screams and grunts.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,240 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:13 "Camp Thiaroye"
00:08:39 At your orders, Major.
00:15:37 Let's get out of here. He'll declare war on us soon.
00:20:34 You dare bring her to the village?
00:24:12 It's the usual food for you. And you won't get anything else.
00:29:21 Come, we'll slaughter the sheep.
00:38:08 The Americans beat up Sarge, and they've taken him away.
00:41:50 I can't wait to get home to Niger.
00:44:55 You can't even ride a bike, idiot.
00:54:15 Captain.
00:57:36 The infantrymen will free the American.
01:04:33 If they hadn't freed you, we would've kept him.
01:12:51 I'm an NCO!
01:19:56 Present.
01:28:22 Why didn't you take French citizenship?
01:33:37 God is great!
01:37:14 We, infantrymen, saw those who opened the mouths of corpses
01:42:23 Carry on, Major.
01:45:49 - Captain Labrousse. - General.
01:53:28 obedience to one's superiors.
01:58:33 How can we keep him?
02:04:16 Have you become the Good Samaritan
02:08:35 What did you say?
02:30:02 Major August, stay with me.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,240
Dialogue density8.1 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line02:30:02
Production Record
DirectorOusmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes704