Australia / Aug 03, 2023 / Melbourne International Film Festival
1h 45min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Moussa Cissé | Le jeune mendiant |
| Médoune Seck | Vieux Senghane |
| Mbaye Diagne | Le patriarche |
| Daouda Lam | Diokel |
| Seynabou Guèye | Dibor |
| Cheikh Mar | Daouda |
| Djambodj Niang | Mam |
| Saliou Diouf | Sitor |
| Malick Dione | Ndiack |
| Alioune Badara Diagne | Rémy |
| Mamadou Mahourédia Gueye | Petit Pelé |
| Abdou Mama Diouf | Père Ndour |
| Awa Touré | Fatou ou Dame Ndour |
| Mamadou Faye | L'imam |
| Anna Bob | Kangou |
| Sagana M'Baye | L'instituteur |
| Abasse N'Diaye | L'etudiant |
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| Malick Diop | Le charretier |
| Moussa Camara | Les photos de Diogoye |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mossane |
| Original language | Wolof (WO) |
| Spoken languages | Wolof, Français |
| Production countries | Germany, Senegal |
| Status | Released |
| Release date | 18 maggio 1996 |
| Writer | Safi Faye |
| Editing | Andrée Davanture |
| Cinematography | Jürgen Jürges |
| Assistant directors | Safi Faye |
| Camera operators | Jürgen Jürges |
| Additional photography | Jürgen Jürges |
| Music | Yandé Codou Sène, Anna Perini |
| Sound | Anna Perini, Yandé Codou Sène |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
France / May 18, 1996
Germany / May 28, 1998
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