The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
In West Africa, Colombine runs a dispensary in risky bushland. A strong-willed, whiskey-drinking religious woman armed with her rifle, she takes care of sick and orphaned children in the region. She sees Mélia arrive, a somewhat imprisoned Parisian MSF doctor, herself an African orphan, but who has never returned to her homeland since childhood. She discovers bush medicine, its difficulties and the dilemmas that caregivers must face in the face of chronic shortages of equipment and medicines. These two courageous but opposite women form an unlikely team. They will have to learn to overcome their barriers and confess their secrets to protect the dispensary and the children from the dangers of the region and a threat that surpasses them.
Ratings
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Dominique BaronDirector
- Dominique BaronWriter
- Sophie DeschampsWriter
- Christophe La PintaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Corinne MasieroColombine
- Annabelle LengronneMelia
- Noom DiawaraBakary
- Julie JuddManon
- Jimmy Woha WohaAziz