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6.2/10 • 6

2017-08-251h 22m

Documentary

A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girl school to become auto mechanics. The classmates become their port of safety, joy and sisterhood, all while they are going through the life changing transition into becoming adults in a country boiling with political changes. In a country with youth unemployment at 52 percent, jobs are a hot issue. The young girls at a mechanics school in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou are right in the middle of a crucial point in life when their dreams, hopes and courage are confronted with opinions, fears and society’s expectations of what a woman should be. Using interesting narrative solutions, Theresa Traore Dahlberg depicts their last school years and at the same time succeeds in showing the country’s violent past and present. This is a feature-film debut and coming-of-age film with much warmth, laughs, heartbreak and depth.

Directors
Theresa Traoré Dahlberg
Editors
Margareta Lagerqvist

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Chantal Niessougou

    Chantal Niessougou

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  2. Bintou Konaté

    Bintou Konaté

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  3. Mouniratou Sédogo

    Mouniratou Sédogo

    Self

  4. Marthe Ouedraogo

    Marthe Ouedraogo

    Self

  5. Rose Kientega

    Rose Kientega

    Self

  6. Dina Tapsoba

    Dina Tapsoba

    Self

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
feminismcar mechanicwoman directorburkina faso