Bintou

Bintou

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Directed by Fanta Régina Nacro
Produced by Claire Lajoumard
Written by Fanta Régina Nacro[1]
Starring Hyppolite Ouangrawa
Alima Salouka
Music by Yacouba Compaoré
Maï Lingani[1]
Cinematography Nara Keo Kosal
Edited by Nano Chesnais
Distributed by Zimmedia
Release dates
January 29, 2001 (Netherlands)
Running time
31 mins.[1]
Country Burkina Faso
France
Language More[1]

Bintou (also known as A Close-Up on Bintou) is a 2001 Burkinabé short film directed by Fanta Régina Nacro. It formed part of the 2002 collection Mama Africa.

Plot

Mother-of-three Bintou, is beaten by her husband Abel, for using housekeeping money to pay for her daughter to go to school to receive the education that she was denied in her own childhood. He believes that only his sons should be educated. Since her husband refuses to pay for a daughter to be educated, Bintou is determined to earn the money herself, however, the only skill she has is growing millet sprouts. She has to find the pots, and obtain sacks of millet from the storekeeper, while her husband continually sabotages her efforts. [1][2]

Cast

Awards

Bintou won several festival awards in 2001 and 2002 including at the Cannes Film Festival, Amiens International Film Festival, Bermuda International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival and the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bintou (2001)". fanta-nacro.com (in French). Fanta Régina Nacro. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  2. "Mama Africa" (PDF). BFI. 2005-07-21. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  3. "Awards for Bintou". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-12-29.

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