Projects
Madame Dakar
a short film by Sabine Mooibroek (50 mins)
what happens when you give in to the temptation of leading a different life – beyond the well-trodden paths but still within the boundaries of reality – along the railways of the Netherlands and Senegal? Joyce (23) would do anything to become an engine driver and in fact she may be already one, though not officially
in the Netherlands she can only achive this at night, when the tacks are abandoned, can Joyce maybe play a part in the Senegalese ‘theatre of trains’? Can she reach autonomy on the line between Dakar and Thi’s, the railway capital of Senegal?
Qu’est-ce qui se passe quand quelqu’un dirige sa vie en la faisant voyager au-dela des sentiers battus, tout en restant dans le cadre de la realite des circonstances? Le long des arteres de circulation reelles, les rails d’Hollande et du Senegal? Joyce veut absolument etre conductrice de train et, elle l’est deja, pas officiellement, pas confirme par d’autres.
Comment elle peut joindre son reve avec ses essaies entre Dakar et Thies, dans le theatre des chemins de fer, en recherche d’une vie presque autonome?
script & director Sabine Mooibroek
director of photography Benito Strangio
sound recordist Diego van Uden
camera assistant Kuba Szutkowski
production NL Jos Khoeblal
production NS Marion Eckenbach
Joyce Juliana Johanidesova
Alex Jasper Teerling