Synopsis
When 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...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (3)
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Christine Meunier
- Sound Recordist : Martin Boissau
- Screenwriter : Rasò Ganemtore
- Co-producer : Annamaria Gallone
- Director of Photography : Lionel Cousin
- Editor : Guiseppe Pagano
- Production Designer : Malick Boro
- Music Composers : Rasò Ganemtore, Gabin Dabiré
- Costume designer : Mariam Sidibé
- Sales agent : Annamaria Gallone
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Society, Traditions
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Italy, Burkina Faso
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- 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
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
News & awards
Selections (13)
Awards (4)
Rome International Festival of Short Films & New Images (Arcipelago)
Italy, 2005
Award for Best Film in the Short Waves Competition
Vues d'Afrique Montréal Film Festival
Canada, 2005
Special Mention from the Fiction Film Jury
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