Tell Me Who You Are

Overview

A Westernized filmmaker, Issa, is a polygamist whose third wife Mimi is a doctor and high-profile health minister. Accustomed to a certain degree of empowerment and independence from her husband (deciding to stay in her own house instead of moving into his household), Mimi carries on a not-too-subtle affair with the married Abba, a fishmonger who sends her a tell-tale case of fish after each encounter as a token of his affection. Confronted by Issa with his suspicions of infidelity after he finds Abba in the courtyard, Mimi decides to file for divorce, a move that soon brings on a new set of complications, as relatives plead for reconciliation to avoid the shame, Issa's second wife increasingly resents the attention paid to Mimi, and Abba's wife begins to grow suspicious of Mimi's role in her husband's life.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 21, 2009

Original language

Bambara

Spoken languages

french, bambara

Countries

Mali, France

Production

Canal+ Horizons,Les Films Cissé,Festival de Cannes,Les Films Cissé, Canal+ Horizons

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1426377