Bintou wants to make sure that her daughter goes to school, but her husband Abel doesn’t think it’s worth it and claims there is only enough money to educate their sons. But Bintou won’t give up and starts her own business to make the extra money. Abel, wary of losing control and scared that Bintou’s newfound financial freedom will lead her to adultery, tries to sabotage her efforts. Bintou tackles sexuality, gender relations, and the fraught relationship between tradition and modernity with joyful satire.
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Alima Salouka
Bintou
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Abel
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Odilia Yoni
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Fanta Régina Nacro Director · Nara Keo Kosal Cinematographer Nano Chesnais Editor
First release January 29, 2001 · Produced in Burkina Faso, France · Languages French, Fula
Production
Burkina Faso · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Fula
Release dates
Canada · January 29, 2001
Premiere · Rotterdam Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
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