Letters from Alou

Letters from Alou (Spanish: Las cartas de Alou) is 1990 Spanish film directed and written by Montxo Armendáriz.

Plot

Alou, a Senegalese man that has entered Spain illegally, can only find occasional jobs due to his situation. Thanks to the letters he sends regularly to his parents, we hear of his experiences and feelings as he laboriously tries to be integrated into Spanish society. He starts out on the coast of Almería, working in the greenhouses. Then he travels to Madrid where he first comes into contact with illegal sales. He then makes his way to Segrià, to work harvesting fruit, and, finally, to Barcelona, where he works in the clothes shop of another African immigrant. His adventure comes to an abrupt end when he is arrested by the police. But he crosses the Strait again, closing the circle that leaves a door open to hope.

Cast

• Mulie Jarju[ca] as Alou
• Eulàlia Ramon as Carmen
• Ahmed El-Maroufi as Moncef
• Akonio Dolo as Mulai
• Albert Vidal[ca] as padre de Carmen ('Carmen's father')
• Mamadou Lamine as Kassim
• Ly Babali as Ibrahima

Release

The film entered the 38th San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in Spain on 5 October 1990.

Accolades

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1990

External links

• at IMDb
• (license CC BY-SA-3.0)
• Deveny, Thomas G. (2012). . Scarecrow Press. pp. 26–34. ISBN 9780810885059.