Exclusive: Tioleja Films optioned author Gabriel Souleyka’s novel My Soul Is a Witness for cinematic adaptation. Gabriel will also pen the script and Andrew Dosunmu will direct. Yasmina F. Edwards is attached to produce.
My Soul is a Witness unfolds in the heart of colonial Senegal, moving to the devastating battlefields of Europe during WWII. It tells the poignant story of Awa and Ibrahim, a young couple whose lives are upended by war. Their love story takes a tragic turn when Ibrahim is conscripted and later presumed dead in 1940. Driven by love and hope, Awa embarks on a perilous journey to Paris in January 1942, seeking any trace of Ibrahim.
She finds refuge in the Paris city mosque, alongside Jews evading Nazi persecution. However, her quest leads her to Auschwitz, where, in a twist of fate, she miraculously finds Ibrahim alive. Their reunion in the...
My Soul is a Witness unfolds in the heart of colonial Senegal, moving to the devastating battlefields of Europe during WWII. It tells the poignant story of Awa and Ibrahim, a young couple whose lives are upended by war. Their love story takes a tragic turn when Ibrahim is conscripted and later presumed dead in 1940. Driven by love and hope, Awa embarks on a perilous journey to Paris in January 1942, seeking any trace of Ibrahim.
She finds refuge in the Paris city mosque, alongside Jews evading Nazi persecution. However, her quest leads her to Auschwitz, where, in a twist of fate, she miraculously finds Ibrahim alive. Their reunion in the...
- 12/15/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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