BAKOLORI

IN DEVELOPMENT

a feature-length film project by Penelope Bortoluzzi

1974, Italy. On the eve of her 21st birthday, Vera abandons everything: her family, her country, her certainties. She sets off for Nigeria, to the construction site of one of the world's largest dam, Bakolori. Her destiny becomes entwined with the story of this colossal undertaking and its fateful march through the Sahel.

Produced by:

Picofilms (FRANCE)

Alter Ego Production (FRANCE)

Videomante (ITALIE)

Co-funded by

the European Union - Europe Creative MEDIA,

CNC (Centre National du Cinéma),

MiC (Ministero della Cultura), Ciclic - Centre Val de Loire

With the support of LaScam, Région Basse Normandie,

Procirep-Angoa. Eave Prod. Workshop 2019

"Bakolori” is inspired by the diaries and the letters that the director’s mother wrote in the 70s. The film recounts the intertwined stories of a woman struggling for independence and of a construction site in postcolonial Nigeria. The personal and the political narratives evoke an era that deeply resonates today.