Movie-Database: Movies
Bintou
Credits
Name: Bintou
Country: Burkina Faso
Year of publication: 2000
Format: 35 mm
Color: color
Language : OF m. engl. UT
Duration: 32 Minuten
Direction: Nacro, Fanta Régina
Camera: Keokosal, Nara
Editing: Chesnais, Nano
Sound: Mendez, Patrice
Actor: Salouka, Alima; Ouangrawa, Hyppolite
Abstract
Against her husband`s wishes, Bintou tries to earn money for her daughter`s school fees, so she can grow up with the independence and opportunities denied during her own childhood. She sprouts millet, a skill passed on to her by her own mother, but as the business develops her husband doesn`t take kindly to the challenges this poses to their traditional roles.