The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes99%
Metacritic91/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
77 audience votes
Key crew
- Ousmane SembèneDirector
- Ousmane SembèneWriter
- Boncana MaïgaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fatoumata CoulibalyCollé Gallo Ardo Sy
- Maimouna Hélène DiarraHadjatou
- Salimata TraoréAmasatou
- Dominique ZeïdaMercenaire
- Rasmané OuédraogoCiré Bathily
- Joseph TraoréDugutigi
- Théophile SowiéIbrahima
- Balla Habib DembéléSacristain
- Gustave SorghoBakary
- Moussa SanogoKonaté fils
- Naky Sy SavaneSanata
- Georgette ParéNiassi