MOOLAADE

Ousmane SEMBENE
  • 2004
  • Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize - Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema 2004

Collé Gallo Ardo Sy, circumcised, takes her only daughter away from the Purification. In seven years four young girls are saved from the Purification = Circumcision and request Collé Ardo Sy the Moolaadé. The village is in turmoil: two values come head to head: the right to asylum and the ancient tradition of female circumcision.

Directed by : Ousmane SEMBENE
Year of production: 2004
Country: Senegal
Duration: 120 minutes

Contacts

Production

  • FILMI DOMIREEW
    58 bld de la république B.P 8087 Yoff

    Senegal
    T: + 221 823 51 66

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