Safi, the Little MotherDirected by Rasò Ganemtore
Produced by Porte Rouge
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 30 min
Production year : 2004
DirectorActorsSynopsisWhen her mother dies in childbirth, eight-year-old Safi finds herself with a newborn baby brother on her hands and has to flee her village where, according to a cruel tradition, he would have been condemned to death in order to stave off the evil eye. She takes refuge in a large city where she faces a double problem of survival for herself and her brother. However, an understanding family takes her in and the sellers at the market transform into a multitude of mothers ready to give their milk to the baby... Production and distributionAssociate production company : Porte Rouge
Co-production : Kenzi
Film export/Foreign Sales : Kenzi
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Christine Meunier
Screenwriter : Rasò Ganemtore
Co-producer : Annamaria Gallone
Director of Photography : Lionel Cousin
Sound Recordist : Martin Boissau
Editor : Guiseppe Pagano
Production Designer : Malick Boro
Music Composers : Rasò Ganemtore, Gabin Dabiré
Costume Designer : Mariam Sidibé
Sales Agent : Annamaria Gallone
Technical detailsShort film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Themes : Society, Traditions
Production language : French
Nationality : Minority French (Italy, Burkina Faso)
Production year : 2004
Runtime : 30 min
Visa number : 108.561
Visa issue date : 16/09/2004
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Sound format : Dolby SR
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