Mossane

1996 film

May 1996 (1996-05)

Running time

105 minutesCountrySenegalLanguageWolof

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.^[1] Unlike some of Faye's earlier films which use a documentary style, Mossane is purely fictional.^[2]

Plot

Mossane (Magou Seck) is a beautiful 14-year-old girl from a rural Serer village, beloved by many including her own brother and Fara, a poor university student. Although she has long been promised in marriage to the wealthy Diogaye, Mossane defies her parents' wishes and falls in love with Fara. On her wedding day, she refuses to marry Diogaye and tragedy ensues.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Abou Camara as Oncle Baak
Moussa Cissé
Mbaye Diagne
Alpha Diouf as Ngor
Alioune Konaré as Fara
Daouda Lam
Ibou N'Dong
Isseu Niang as Mere Mingue Diouf
Magou Seck as Mossane
Medoune Seck
Guèye Seynabou
Moustapha Yade as Samba

References

^ "Festival de Cannes: Mossane". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
^ Ellerson, Beti, "Safi Faye's Gaze: The Evolution of an African Woman's Cinema", Reference Guide to African Women in Cinema, retrieved 19 December 2009
^ Brennan, Sandra. "Mossane > Overview". Allmovie. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ Thackway, Melissa (2003). Africa shoots back: alternative perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film. James Currey. p. 155. ISBN 0-85255-576-8.