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French-Senegalese film-maker Alice Diop offers a sensitive portrayal of the disparate communities that live along one of Paris’s commuter rail lines
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French-Senegalese film-maker Alice Diop offers a sensitive portrayal of the disparate communities that live along one of Paris’s commuter rail lines
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Alice Diop presents a sensitive and diverse portrait of the inhabitants of the French banlieue. Her film had his premiere in the Encounters section of this year's Berlinale. Diop wandered through the carriages of the RER B train line for two months and turned the individuals she encountered on her journey into the protagonists of her film. We talked to her about the concept of the film, her personal connection to the banlieue and her ideas on society. (The article continues below - Commercial information) Cineuropa: How did the project start? Alice Diop: I read the book Les Passagers du Ro...