Sous la clarté de la lune

Overview

Patrick, a young Frenchman in his thirties, has been working for a year in a small village in Burkina Faso. He has a relationship for a few months with a 25-year-old village girl, Kaya, who becomes pregnant. When their daughter Martine is born, Patrick flees with her to Europe. The shock of this loss makes Kaya mute. Seven years later, Patrick returns to the village to maintain the boreholes he had built. He arrives with his daughter Martine. The villagers welcome him with reservation. Patrick learns that Kaya has gone silent. Unfortunately, not being able to stay too long in the village, Patrick entrusts Martine to Kaya for a few hours. Discovering her daughter's poor upbringing, Kaya decides to run away into the night with Martine...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 2004

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

Burkina Faso

Director

Apolline Traoré

Writer

Idrissa Ouedraogo,Apolline Traoré

Producer

Idrissa Ouedraogo

Cinematography

Daniel Barrau

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0951360