Synopsis
Blending fiction and documentary, Safi Faye’s debut feature offers an intimate portrayal of daily life in a rural village in Senegal, the director’s homeland. Featuring a cast of real workers, the film follows Ngor and Coumba, a couple hoping to marry, but struggling with poor harvests caused by drought. Like a letter to the world and to rural life, Faye immerses herself in the unique rhythms of this environment – from everyday gestures to the interactions that foster a shared sense of community, set against the backdrop of a changing world. (C.I.)
Director
Safi Faye
Safi Faye, born in 1943 in Dakar, Senegal, and passed away in 2023, was the first African woman filmmaker to have a feature film commercially distributed - ”Letter from My Village” (1975). A director and ethnologist, Faye devoted her work to her community, committed to creating alongside her own people. Over the course of her career, she directed more than a dozen films, deeply attuned to the lives, roles, and struggles of women in Africa.
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