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Moolaadé (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Burkina Faso ( Africa, Middle East )
Cameroon ( Africa, Middle East )
France ( France, Benelux )
Morocco ( Africa, Middle East )
Senegal ( Africa, Middle East )
Tunisia ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Ousmane Sembene

Written By:
Ousmane Sembene

Actors:
Fatoumata Coulibaly ..... Collé Gallo Ardo Sy
Maimouna Hélène Diarra ..... Hadjatou
Salimata Traoré ..... Amasatou
Dominique Zeïda ..... Mercenaire
Mah Compaoré ..... Doyenne des Exciseuses
Aminata Dao ..... Alima Bâ
Rasmane Ouedraogo ..... Ciré Bathily
Ousmane Konaté ..... Amath Bathily
Bakaramoto Sanogo ..... Abdou
Modibo Sangaré ..... Balla Bathily
Joseph Traoré ..... Dugutigi
Théophile Sowié ..... Ibrahima (as Moussa Théophile Sowié)
Balla Habib Dembélé ..... Sacristain (as Habib Dembélé)
Gustave Sorgho ..... Bakary
Cheick Oumar Maiga ..... Kémo Tiékura

Synopsis:

Ousmane Sembene, the 81-year-old Senegalese filmmaker, is often refered to as the father of African cinema, but he is a patriarch with evident feminist sympathies. Set in a village in Burkina Faso, his latest film tackles the subject of female genital mutilation, but its political resonance is hardly limited to the parts of Africa where that custom is practiced. Colle (Fatoumata Coulibaly), the tough-minded second wife of a village elder, offers protection to four young girls who have fled the knives and starts a revolution. In chronicling her struggle with male power and deeply-rooted tradition, Mr. Sembene also paints a rich and complex tableau of village life, which gives the film, in spite of its harsh topic, a remarkable bouyancy of spirit. Unflinching both in its condemnation of genital mutilation and in its warm-hearted optimism, "Moolaade" is an example of humanist cinema at its finest, a movie that reminds you of the dignity and heroism of ordinary life.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 14 March, 2007.

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