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Faat-Kine
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama, Comedy |
| Release Date: | February 11, 2001 |
| Running time: | 118 minutes |
| Cast: | Mariama Balde, Mame Ndoumbe, Ndiagne Dia, Venus Seye |
| Director: | Ousmane Sembene |
| Writer: | Ousmane Sembene |
| Distributor: | New Yorker Films |
Description: Dakar has shantytowns as well as high-rises, streets crowded with cattle as well as Mercedes, and women whose lives have been shaped by tribal custom and male prejudice as much by their cutting-edge aspirations. Faat-Kine is a single mother with two children, two ex-husbands, a pushy mother and assorted friends. She is the manager of a sparkling new gas station, but her success has been hard-bought. Nonetheless, she values her control over her own life, and tries to balance modernity with tradition.
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