The Place in Between

The Place in Between (2011) is a drama film directed by Sarah Bouyain.

A young biracial woman raised in France travels to Burkina Faso in search of the mother she hasn’t seen in many years. Meanwhile, in Paris, an émigré from Burkina Faso who makes her living as a cleaner teaches the Dioula language to a white middle-class office worker, in this affecting story of global displacement.

Cast

Dorylia Calmel

Amy

Assita Ouedraogo

Mariam

Nathalie Richard

Esther

Blandine Yaméogo

Acita

Nadine Kambou Yéri

Kadiatou

Dominique Reymond

Marie

Djénéba Koné

Awa

Jérôme Sénélas

Eliot