Synopsis
A beautiful 14-year-old girl has just reached marriageable age in a village in Senegal. She has many suitors; however, she is in love a poor student who has returned to the village while the university is on strike. At birth, she had been promised in marriage to Diogoye, who went away to work in France. Diogoye, who supplied her parents with many things over the years, has now sent a dowry, and asked that she be married to him in the village in his absence; she would then be sent to France.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
Cast
- Magou SeckMossane
- Isseu NiangMère Mingué Diouf
- Moustapha YadeSamba
- Abou CamaraOncle Baak
- Alioune KonaréFara
- Alpha DiouphNgor
- Ibou N'DongPère Farba Diouf
- Moussa CisséLe jeune mendiant
- Médoune SeckVieux Senghane
- Mbaye DiagneLe patriarche
- Daouda LamDiokel
- Seynabou GuèyeDibor
Themes
woman director