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Atlantics
Production Design
Based on screenplay by Mati Diop & Olivier Demangel
Professors: Rachel Robb Kondrath & Tony Fanning
Advanced Production Design for Film and Television
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
In Dakar, Senegal, with the construction of a futuristic tower by a wealthy entrepreneur Monsieur Ndaiye, Ada, 17, is in love with a young construction worker, Souleiman, but she is betrothed to another, Omar. One night, Souleiman and the other young construction workers flee Dakar by sea in hopes for a brighter future, unbeknownst to Ada. Several days later, Ada’s wedding is ruined by a mysterious fire, and the young women in the city are overcome by a strange phenomenon nightly. However, Souleiman returns, but in a form that is unexpected by Ada and the other young girls of the city.









