Mossane (1996)

Mossane (1996)

1996-05-18 Germany, Senegal 105 Min. PG-13
6.6 5 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Magou Seck is Mossane
Mossane
Isseu Niang is Mère Mingué Diouf
Mère Mingué Diouf
Abou Camara is Oncle Baak
Oncle Baak
Ibou N'Dong is Père Farba Diouf
Père Farba Diouf
Moussa Cissé is Le jeune mendiant
Le jeune mendiant
Médoune Seck is Vieux Senghane
Vieux Senghane
Mbaye Diagne is Le patriarche
Le patriarche
Daouda Lam is Diokel