Astel (2021)
While helping tend her family’s herd of cows in a northern region of Senegal, a 13-year-old girl faces changes that threaten her tight bond with her father in this vividly realized directorial debut by screenwriter and filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy.
- Date of release
- 2021-09-12
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Casting
- Hawa Mamadou Dia — Astel
- Cherif Amadou Diallo — Le père
- Alassane Hamet Ly — Le jeune berger
- Khady Diallo — La mère
- Amadou Diallo — Le petit frère
Interesting facts
Astel is a 2021 Senegalese-French short drama film, directed by Ramata-Toulaye Sy. The film stars Hawa Mamadou Dia as Astel, a young girl in Senegal who loves to accompany her father when he herds cows, but is forced to conform to more traditional "women's work" with her mother after a shepherd's leering looks at her lead her father to realize she is no longer safe.
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