Sweden / Jan 28, 2017 / Göteborg Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girl school to become auto mechanics. The classmates become their port of safety, joy and sisterhood, all while they are going through the life changing transition into becoming adults in a country boiling with political changes. In a country with youth unemployment at 52 percent, jobs are a hot issue. The young girls at a mechanics school in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou are right in the middle of a crucial point in life when their dreams, hopes and courage are confronted with opinions, fears and society’s expectations of what a woman should be. Using interesting narrative solutions, Theresa Traore Dahlberg depicts their last school years and at the same time succeeds in showing the country’s violent past and present. This is a feature-film debut and coming-of-age film with much warmth, laughs, heartbreak and depth.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ouaga Girls |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Français |
| Production countries | Burkina Faso, Qatar, Netherlands, Finland, France, Sweden, South Africa |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Momento Film |
| Release date | 25 agosto 2017 |
| Production | Estelle Robin-You, David Herdies, Seydou Richard Traoré |
| Editing | Alexandra Strauss, Margareta Lagerqvist |
| Cinematography | Sophie Winqvist, Iga Mikler |
| Assistant directors | Theresa Traoré Dahlberg |
| Camera operators | Sophie Winqvist, Iga Mikler |
| Additional photography | Sophie Winqvist, Iga Mikler |
| Music | Christoffer Roth, Jenny Wilson, Erik Bjerknes, Kristoffer Hamilton, Thomas Jæger, Anders Kwarnmark, Christian Holm |
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Release dates
Premiere
Russia / Aug 19, 2017 / Rudnik International Debut Documentary Film Festival
Theatrical release
Sweden / Aug 25, 2017
France / Mar 07, 2018
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