Jean Rouch
Madame L'Eau
Edition 1993
127'
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1993
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Documentary
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Dialogue:
Dutch, French
Director:
Jean Rouch
With:
Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia, Tallou Mouzourane, Wineke Onstwedder, Philo Bregstein, Frans Brughuis
Jean Rouch's film tells the story of three men from Niger who are searching for a way to circumvent the devastating effects of the drought threatening to destroy their crops. They decide to go to the Netherlands in order to study its traditional windmills. They cycle through Holland's flat countryside and draw comparisons between its cows and their hippopotami. They visit universities and speak with specialists and then eventually find a wooden windmill that they would even be able to build themselves.
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Credits
Director
Jean Rouch
With
Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia, Tallou Mouzourane, Wineke Onstwedder, Philo Bregstein, Frans Brughuis
Scenario
Jean Rouch, Philo Bregstein
Producer
Menno van der Molen
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Dialogue
Dutch, French
Countries of production
The Netherlands, France
Year
1993
