Mother(s)

A Short film of

Maïmouna Doucouré

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Bien ou Bien Productions

Production year2015

Runtime21 min

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Eight-year-old Aida lives with her family in an apartment on the outskirts of Paris. When her father arrives back from a trip to Senegal, the family's homeland, life radically changes for Aida and the rest of the family. Their father has not returned alone, but is accompanied by a young Senegalese woman, Rama, who he introduces as his second wife. Aida, aware of how distraught her mother is, then decides to get rid of the newcomer.

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Director (1)

Maïmouna Doucouré
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Actors (8)

Sokhna Diallo

Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : Bien ou Bien Productions

Film exports/foreign sales : Ouat Media, L'Agence du court métrage

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Executive Producer : Zangro

Screenwriter : Maïmouna Doucouré

Director of Photography : Yann Maritaud

Assistant directors : Jean-Baptiste Germain, Gildas Madelénat

Editor : Sonia Franco

Sound Recordist : Clément Maléo

Costume designers : Valérie Ranchoux, Rose Mariani

Assistant Operator : Agnès Jeanneau

Production Manager : Baptiste Bauduin

Sound editor : Anne Dupouy

Continuity supervisor : Bénédicte Kermadec

Production Designer : Anne-Sophie Delseries

Art directors : Koumba Lyphout, Maëlis Grenouillet

Casting : Tania Arana, Morgane Bertin

Chief Lighting Technician : Aurélien Marra

Special Effects : Luc Serrano

Grader : Thibaut Pétillon

Make-up Artist : Djenete Bouadjadj

Sound Mixer : Sylvain Lambinet

Location Manager : Mickaël Marie

Production Manager : Dana Khouri

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Type : Short film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Themes : Love, Childhood, Minorities
Production language : French, Wolof
Production country : France

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UniFrance organizes the 4th Francophone Film Meetings in Africa

01 DECEMBER 2020

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Maïmouna Doucouré à nouveau récompensée à Sundance

02 FEBRUARY 2020

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Selections (29)

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2024
Rétrospective Insoumises
German French Film Week
Germany, 2017
Short Film Programme
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2017
Best Short Film
MyFrenchFilmFestival
Unspecified country, 2017
A woman's life

Awards (4)

Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2017
Cesar Award for Best Short Film
The American French Film Festival (ex-COLCOA)
United States, 2016
Prix du jury
Sundance Film Festival
United States, 2016
Jury Award: International Fiction
TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
Canada, 2015
Award for Best International Short Film

Delegations (1)

TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
Canada, 2015
Director : Maïmouna Doucouré

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