Moolaadé
2003 · 124 min · Director: Ousmane Sembene
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In an African village this is the day when six 4-9-year-old girls are to be 'cut' (the act of female genital mutilation) All children know that the operation is horrible torture and sometimes lethal, and all adults know that some cut women can only give birth by Caesarean section. Two of the girls have drowned themselves in the well to escape the operation. The four other girls seek "magical protection" (moolaadé) by a woman (Colle) who seven years before refused to have her daughter circumcised. Moolaadé is indicated by a coloured rope. But no one would dare step over and fetch the children. Moolaadé can only be revoked by Colle herself. Her husband's relatives persuade him to whip her in public into revoking. Opposite groups of women shout to her to revoke or to be steadfast, but no woman interferes. When Colle is at the wedge of fainting, the merchant takes action and stops the maltreatment. Therefore he is hunted out of the village and, when out of sight, murdered.
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Moolaadé (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 30%, Anxiety 25%, Anger 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Inspiration30%
- Anxiety25%
- Anger20%
- Empathy15%
- Relief10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Anxiety, Anger. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
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Cast
Mercenaire
Ciré Bathily
Dugutigi
Ibrahima
Sacristain
Bakary
Konaté fils
Sanata
Niassi
Details
- Directed by
- Ousmane Sembene
- Written by
- Ousmane Sembene
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2003
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Country
- Senegal, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Tunisia, Cameroon, France
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Inspiration
- Data updated
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