Soleil Ô (1970)

A vibrant humanist statement on racism and immigration that remains pertinent today.
1970 France
Directed by
Med Hondo
Featuring
Robert Liensol, Théo Legitimus, Yane Barry

Ranked in The Greatest Films of All Time poll

Sight and Sound

Who voted for Soleil Ô

Critics

Alejandro Bachmann
Austria
Leonardo Bomfim
Brazil
David Filipi
USA
Thomas Flew
UK
Devika Girish
USA/India
Victor Guimarães
Brazil
Tomáš Hudák
Slovakia
Zhang Ling
China
Cristina Nord
Germany
Arjun Sajip
UK
Can Sungu
Turkey/Germany
Firat Yucel
Turkey

Directors

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Lesotho/Germany
Kivu Ruhorahoza
Rwanda
Charlie Shackleton
UK
Minh-ha Trinh
USA/Vietnam

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