Represented internationally by The Party Film Sales, the film marked Gomis’ return to the Berlinale nine years after winning the Silver Bear for “Félicité.” Gomis’ sixth feature, “Dao” emerged as one of the best reviewed films of the festival.
Variety‘s Guy Lodge described the film as Gomis’ “most vibrantly expansive and accessible” film.
“Dao” unfolds between a wedding in France and a commemorative ceremony in Guinea-Bissau. Gomis, who has Bissau-Guinean and Senegalese origins, wrote and directed the film which stars a mix of actors and newcomers, leading with Katy Correa and D’Johé Kouadio as a mother-and-daughter duo.
Although “Dao” is more intimate than political, Gomis subtly addresses timely themes, such as the impact of colonization, displacement and inherited trauma.
“Each family carries its secrets.
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