Mati Diop, director of the international film “Atlantics,” explains why she chose to have a cast of mostly young, first-time actors in her film during the Variety Screening Series
“Atlantics” director Mati Diop discussed why she chose a cast of mostly young, first-time actors for her film during the Variety Screening Series. The movie is a romantic drama with supernatural elements and was chosen as Senegal’s entry for best international feature film at this year’s Academy Awards.
“As the characters in the script are very young, I knew it was going to be a street casting because I wouldn’t find actors of this age in a professional background. Even if they existed, I don’t think I would’ve gone that direction because I needed the casting approach to be very rooted in reality, like a documentary approach to casting,” Diop said. “I found Nicole Sougou in a discotheque. She was, at the time, a real barmaid.
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