Lingui (2021)

Original title

Lingui : les liens sacrés

Directed by

Mahamat Saleh Haroun

Genre

drama film

Country

Chad, Germany, France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

16

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in Chad must navigate restrictive social and legal systems to help her pregnant teenage daughter. She faces resistance from her community and family as she searches for a way to secure an abortion.

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What happens

Lingui, The Sacred Bonds (French: Lingui, les liens sacrés) is a 2021 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun. In June 2021, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Chadian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. It also won IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 52nd International Film Festival of India (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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