Synopsis
Seven years ago, Collé Ardo, who has undergone female circumcision, saved her daughter from Purification (circumcision). A new seven-year reign has been inaugurated. Four girls get wind of Collé’s act of rebellion and take refuge at her home, asking her for the right of asylum, the Moolaadé.
The village is seething with unrest. Two social values clash: the Salinde (the ancient tradition of female circumcision) and the Moolaadè.
This film is the second part of “Héroïsme au quotidien,” a triptych by Sembene Ousmane, whose first part was “Faat Kine.” The third part, currently at the writing stage, is called “La Confrérie des rats.”
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Actors (6)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : Ciné-Sud Promotion
- Foreign production companies : Cinétéléfilms, Films de la Terre Africaine (Les), Direction de la Cinématographie Nationale (DCN), CCM (Centre Cinématographique Marocain), Filmi doomirew
- Film exports/foreign sales : Wide
- French distribution : Les Films du Paradoxe
Full credits (8)
- Sound Recordist : Denis Guilhem
- Screenwriter : Ousmane Sembene
- Director of Photography : Dominique Gentil
- Press Attachés (film) : Thierry Lenouvel, Claire Viroulaud
- Editor : Abdellatif Raiss
- Production Designer : Joseph Kpobly
- Music Composer : Boncana Maïga
- Sound Mixer : Jean-Guy Véran
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Traditions
- Production language : African dialect
- Coproducer countries : Senegal, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Tunisia, France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Minority French (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Tunisia, France)
- Production year : 2004
- French release : 09/03/2005
- Runtime : 1 h 57 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 111.975
- Visa issue date : 18/02/2005
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
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"Female circumcision is practised in 38 of the 54 member states of the African Union.
No matter the method used (classic or modern), circumcision tramples on the dignity and integrity of women.
I dedicate "Moolaadè" to mothers and women who struggle to abolish this heritage from a distant and barbaric past." - Sebene Ousmane
