Mossane
Sign in to saveMossane 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. Unlike some of Faye's earlier films which use a documentary style, Mossane is purely fictional.
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6.8A beautiful 14-year-old girl has just reached marriageable age in a village in Senegal. She has many suitors; however, she is in love a poor student who has returned to the village while the university is on strike. At birth, she had been promised in marriage to Diogoye, who went away to work in France. Diogoye, who supplied her parents with many things over the years, has now sent a dowry, and asked that she be married to him in the village in his absence; she would then be sent to France.
Released: 1996-05-18105 minDir: Safi FayeDrama
Cast
- Magou Seck as Mossane
- Isseu Niang as Mère Mingué Diouf
- Moustapha Yade as Samba
- Abou Camara as Oncle Baak
- Alioune Konaré as Fara
- Alpha Diouph as Ngor
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Key dates
- Published
- 8 April 1998
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 1996 Cannes Film Festival
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- Wolof
- Director
- Safi Faye
- Screenwriter
- Safi Faye
- Composer
- Yandé Codou Sène
- Duration
- +105
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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. Unlike some of Faye's earlier films which use a documentary style, Mossane is purely fictional.
==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.