Fatima, the Algerian Woman of Dakar (2004)

Original title

Fatima, l'Algérienne de Dakar

Directed by

Med Hondo

Genre

drama film

Country

Senegal, Mauritania, Tunisia, France

Runtime

1h 29m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In the summer of 1957 during the Algerian War, a Senegalese officer in the French army rapes a young woman named Fatima, who then gives birth to a light-skinned son. Years later, the officer's religious father urges him to return and marry Fatima to make amends.

sombermelancholicslow-burnreflectiveemotionally intensegroundedthoughtful

What happens

فاطمة، جزائرية داكار () فيلم دراما فرنسي موريتاني أخرجه ميد هوندو سنة 2004. الفيلم المقتبس من قصة واقعية، ففي صيف سنة 1957 بالجزائر، كان الضابط السينغالي التابع للجيش الفرنسي في مهمة لقمع الثوار في منطقة نائية. يصادف في طريقه فاطمة فيغتصبها وتنجب ولدا أسمر البشرة. بعد سنوات يطلب أبو الضابط المتدين من ابنه أن يصلح خطيئته، وأن يرجع إلى فاطمة ليتزوجها.محمد هوندو.. وأخيرا نام صاحب الصوت المقنّع (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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