Director: Abbdoulaye Ascofaré
From: Mali
Year: 1997
Minutes: 90
Language: Songhoï with English subtitles
Genre: drama
Zamiatou is the mother of two quarrelsome boys and a depressed
teenage girl. She is also the wife of a man arrested for political
reasons who returns from prison mentally and physically destroyed.
She struggles hard to survive in a poor and desolate area. She
is ready to face anything to keep the family alive except prostituting
her beautiful daughter. Her determination will take her far
from her family…
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DVD entitled GREAT AFRICAN FILMS - VOL 1 - also includes
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