Director
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Composer
Wasis Diop
Cast
Achouackh Abakar, Youssouof Djaoro, Rihane Khalil Alio
Edition 2021
87'
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2021
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Arabic, French
On the outskirts of N'Djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter Maria.
Set on the outskirts of N’djamena in Chad, where Amina lives with her 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her fragile world collapses when she discovers that her daughter is pregnant and does not want the pregnancy, in a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law.
“Fierce stabs of sexuality and violence cut through the stoic calm of Chadian filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s urgent drama. The intense performances from the two central women keep this drama hyper-alert: we are intensely aware of how mother and daughter are battling for survival.” - The Guardian
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Credits
Directors
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Composers
Wasis Diop
Cast
Achouackh Abakar, Youssouof Djaoro, Rihane Khalil Alio
Scenario
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Director of Photography
Mathieu Giombini
Editors
Marie-Hélène Dozo
Producers
Melanie Andernach, Diana Elbaum, Florence Stern
Production studios
Pili Films
Distributor
Imagine Film Distribution
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Dialogue
Arabic, French
Countries of production
Belgium, Chad, Germany, France
Year
2021
Filmography
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Maral Tanié (short, 1994), Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot (1995), Goï-Goï (1995), Bord'Africa (1995), B 400 (short, 1997), Un thé au sahel (short, 1998), Bye Be Africa (1999), Letter from New York (short, 2001), Our Father (2002), Scenarios from Africa The Tree and the wind (short, 2004), Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity (short, 2004), Kalala (2006), Dry Season (2006), Sex, Okra & Salted Butter (TV-Movie, 2008), Expectations (short, 2008), On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! (short, 2010), A Screaming Man (2010), Grigris (2013), Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg (short, 2014), Hissein Habre, A Chadian Tragedy (short, 2016), A Season in France (2017), Interdependence Film (2019)
