An Open Window

An Open Window (2005)

Une fenêtre ouverte

Can madness be described? Is it possible to express the pain that it entails? In 1994, when she was about to fall prey to her illness, Khady Sylla met Aminta Ngom, who exhibited her madness freely, without fear of provocation. During her years of suffering, Aminta was her window to the world.

Date of release
2005-07-01
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Khady Sylla

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Interesting facts

Une fenêtre ouverte is a 2005 documentary film written and directed by Senegalese writer and filmmaker Khady Sylla. The film was a co-production by French company Athénaïse, as well as Guiss Guiss Communications, which is owned by Sylla's younger sister Mariama Sylla Faye. The film comes after an "unsatisfactory attempt" by Sylla to create a film capturing the numerous mentally ill people she encountered on the streets of Dakar.

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