Senegalese author/filmmaker Ousmane Sembène’s first feature offers a naturalistic look at cultural injustice, as an impoverished young villager (M’bissine Thérèse Diop) initially enjoys the rewards of taking a housekeeping position with a French couple, but finds her eager agreement to follow them back to their homeland leading to disappointment and misery. Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine also star. 59 min. In French and Wolof with English subtitles. Standard; Soundtrack: French and Wolof Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; bonus short "Borom Sarret" (1963); featurettes; theatrical trailer. In French and Wolof with English subtitles.
Senegalese author/filmmaker Ousmane Sembène’s first feature offers a naturalistic look at cultural injustice, as an impoverished young villager (M’bissine Thérèse Diop) initially enjoys the rewards of taking a housekeeping position with a French couple, but finds her eager agreement to follow them back to their homeland leading to disappointment and misery. Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine also star. 59 min. In French and Wolof with English subtitles. Standard; Soundtrack: French and Wolof Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; bonus short "Borom Sarret" (1963); featurettes; theatrical trailer. In French and Wolof with English subtitles.
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