Faraw!

Credits

Name: Faraw!

Country: Mali

Year of publication: 1996

Format: 35 mm

Color: color

Language : OF m. franz. UT

Duration: 90 Minuten

Direction: Ascofare, Abdoulaye

Screenplay: Ascofare, Abdoulaye

Camera: Arvanitis, Giorgos

Editing: Ascofare, Abdoulaye; Meziane, Mohamed

Sound: Gauthier, Jean-Pierre

Actor: Ousmane, Aminata; Keita, Balla Moussa; Mahamane, Safiatou

Abstract

Zamiatou is the mother of two quarrelsome boys and a depressed teenage girl. She is also the wife of a man arrested for political reasons who returns from prison mentally and physically destroyed. She struggles hard to survive in a poor and desolate area. She is ready to face anything to keep the family alive except prostituting her beautiful daughter. Her determination will take her far from her family… (Africultures)

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