This film is similar to Mambety's work as the visuals are stunning and the plot is more complex than it appears on the surface. The character's coming to terms with returning to Africa to rediscover his roots after years in Paris reveals his own European-Western informed illusions about how Africa is or should be. His expectations about a traditional utopia (which is what Saaraba means) slowly dissolve as the reality of urban struggle, widespread poverty, and an insidious western-style pessimism reflecting the slow but steady advance of consumerism. He becomes disillusioned and only truly understands what being an African means at the end. Cinematography is quite well done.
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