Mossane (1996)
A beautiful 14-year-old girl has just reached marriageable age in a village in Senegal. She has many suitors; however, she is in love a poor student who has returned to the village while the university is on strike. At birth, she had been promised in marriage to Diogoye, who went away to work in France. Diogoye, who supplied her parents with many things over the years, has now sent a dowry, and asked that she be married to him in the village in his absence; she would then be sent to France.
Casting
- Magou Seck — Mossane
- Isseu Niang — Mère Mingué Diouf
- Moustapha Yade — Samba
- Abou Camara — Oncle Baak
- Alioune Konaré — Fara
- Alpha Diouph — Ngor
- Ibou N'Dong — Père Farba Diouf
- Moussa Cissé — Le jeune mendiant
- Médoune Seck — Vieux Senghane
- Mbaye Diagne — Le patriarche
- Daouda Lam — Diokel
- Seynabou Guèye — Dibor
Interesting facts
Mossane is a 1996 Senegalese drama film directed by Safi Faye. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Unlike some of Faye's earlier films which use a documentary style, Mossane is purely fictional.
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