Safi, the Little Mother

A Short film of

Rasò Ganemtore

Produced by

Porte Rouge

Production year2004

Runtime30 min

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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)

Rasò Ganemtore
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Actors (6)

Madina Ouédraogo

Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer : Porte Rouge

Co-production : Kenzi

Film exports/foreign sales : Kenzi

Full credits (10)

Executive Producer : Christine Meunier

Screenwriter : Rasò Ganemtore

Director of Photography : Lionel Cousin

Music Composers : Rasò Ganemtore, Gabin Dabiré

Editor : Guiseppe Pagano

Sound Recordist : Martin Boissau

Costume designer : Mariam Sidibé

Co-producer : Annamaria Gallone

Production Designer : Malick Boro

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

News & awards

Selections (13)

International Short Film Festival in Drama
Greece, 2006
Special Program
Larissa Mediterranean Festival of New Directors
Greece, 2006
Mediterranean Competition
Flickerfest
Australia, 2006
Programme spécial
Kiev Molodist International Film Festival
Ukraine, 2005
Official Competition

Awards (4)

Larissa Mediterranean Festival of New Directors
Greece, 2006
Jury Mention - Mediterranean Competition
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
Siena International Short Film Festival
Italy, 2004
Prix Kodak - Meilleure Photographie

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