I found this movie to be entertaining much like that of a local or high school play. It was obviously a low budget film yet I heard a message that I could not miss. This film has 3 underlying tones: 1) that this was a Europhone story and the people of Popenguine on the Senegalese coast were telling a story of their lives masked in French. 2) It also unmasked the "francophone" by revealing the indoctrination of French in a Popenguien school and the effect that it is having on the youth of Senegal. 3) The progression of the people of Senegal to open their hearts to Mr. Benoit (the French school teacher) and embrace both cultures, one as a tool (French Language) and one as their identity (Wolof). The young actors are very entertaining but amateur. My favorite character was little Bacc. The very clever and loud youngest side kick. This was a short film worth my time. I give Ca Twiste a rating of 6 of 10.
Review of Twist à Popenguine
