Souleymane and the art of the real

Trying to talk about cinema after seeing Souleymane’s story could be even frivolous. Boris Lojkine’s film, because of its human, social and political content, is much more than cinema. But it is cinema, of course, and of the best species, if we stick to the postulates of André Bazin: “The cinema reaches its fullness by being the art of the real.” Here, reality is represented by the figure of Souleymane Sangaré, a roleless rider that we accompany…