Faat Kiné (2000)

Directed by

Ousmane Sembène

Genre

comedy drama

Country

France

Runtime

2h

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A successful single mother in Dakar runs a gas station and raises her two children. The film follows her daily life and independence set against the social pressures and expectations for women in modern Senegal.

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What happens

Faat Kiné is a 2000 Senegalese film written and directed by Ousmane Sembène, set in present-day Dakar, Senegal. It provides a critical look at modern, post-colonial Senegal and the place of women in that society. It gives a clear glimpse into life of the Senegalaise middle-class and presents present-day Dakar in all of its contradictions of poverty and wealth, tradition and modernity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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