Directed by : Ousmane SEMBENE
Year of production : 2004 Country : SENEGAL Length : 120 minutes
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.
Ousmane SEMBENE
Ousmane SEMBENE - Director
Ousmane SEMBENE - Script / Dialogue
Joseph KPOBLY - Set decorator
Abdellatif RAISS - Film Editor
Boncana MAIGA - Music
Dominique GENTIL - Director of Photography
Fatoumata COULIBALY - Collé Ardo Gallo Sy
Maïmouna Hélène DIARRA - Hadjatou
Salimata TRAORE - Amsatou
Aminata DAO - Alima Bâ
Dominique T. ZEIDA - Le mercenaire
Mah COMPAORE - L'exciseuse
Film poster © DR
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