Mon beau sourire (2005)
- Directed by
- Angèle Diabang Brener
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Senegal
- Runtime
- 5 min
- 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.
How it feels
This short film is about the painful tradition of gum tattooing for Senegalese women to make their teeth look whiter. It uses a modern approach with quick editing and drum music to share the practice.
fast-pacedironicrhythmicdocumentary-styleeye-openingculturalvisceralunsettling
What happens
Mon beau sourire est un film documentaire sénégalais réalisé en 2005. Avec ce bref travail, la réalisatrice fait connaître le douloureux rituel du tatouage des gencives auquel sont soumises les femmes pour faire ressortir de leur sourire le blanc de leurs dents. Mais elle le fait avec un regard moderne, en faisant appel à l’ironie, au montage rapide, à la musique effrénée des djembés. Presque un clip sur une tradition peu connue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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