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Aissa And The Importance Of Imagery

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Aissa and the importance of imagery

Aissa is a 2014 short film from director Clement Trehin-Lalanne. The film tells the story of a girl from the Congo who claims to be underage in order to stay in the French Territory she is living in. The film was shown at Cannes Film Festival in 2014 where it won a Special Mention Award.

Upon watching the film, the first thing that I noticed was how the film is more imagery based rather than story or dialogue based. The character of Aissa speaks very few lines, and there is some narration throughout the film. In order to determine whether or not she is the age she claims to be, a doctor performs a physical exam on her.

The film includes beautifully shot images of Aissa herself. The scenes in which she

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