Synopsis
In the country Pokot, on the border of Uganda and Kenya, the tradition imposes on the young women to be sexually mutilated to reach the stage of an adult. This movie is the testimony of those who live this tradition and mostly undergo it.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Acrobates Films
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Claire Agnès Queva Lajoumard
- Screenwriter : Christian Lajoumard
- Director of Photography : Christian Lajoumard
- Editor : Marie-Laure Désidéri
- Sound Recordist : Arnaud Soulier
- Sound editor : Marie-Laure Désidéri
- Sound Mixer : Raoul Fruhauf
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Medicine, Handicap
- Production language : Pokot, Swahili, English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 52 min 14 seconds
- Production formats : HDV
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)