“Atlantics” Analysis and Review: Mati Diop’s Cannes-2019 Grand Prix Winner “Atlantics” Captures Present-day Senegal, Its People, and Most Importantly Its Current Socio-economic Conditions in the Most Brilliant Way Possible
Senegal’s current socio-economic condition is reflected in Mati Diop’s maiden directorial venture Atlantics. The story has certain supernatural blending as well. Somewhere the oppressed souls, both socially and economically, find solace in revenge. They return and reappear as lifeless zombies in the bodies of their girlfriends. The story of Atlantics is unveiled against the backdrop …