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Moolaadé
Directed by
Ousmane Sembène
Not Rated
2004
2h 4m
Drama
7.6
99%
84%
7.2
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When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
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Cast of Moolaadé
Fatoumata Coulibaly
Collé Gallo Ardo Sy
Maimouna Hélène Diarra
Hadjatou
Salimata Traoré
Amasatou
Dominique Zeïda
Mercenaire
Rasmané Ouédraogo
Ciré Bathily
Joseph Traoré
Dugutigi
Théophile Sowié
Ibrahima
Balla Habib Dembélé
Sacristain
Gustave Sorgho
Bakary
Moussa Sanogo
Konaté fils
Naky Sy Savane
Sanata
Georgette Paré
Niassi
Ousmane Sembène
Director / Writer / Producer
Joseph Kpobly
Production Design
Dominique Gentil
Director Of Photography
Sophie Dwernicki
Script Supervisor
Abdellatif Raïss
Editor
Christian Germain
Foley
Denis Guilhem
Sound
Jean-Guy Véran
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Moolaadé Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
One of the greatest of late films.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This masterwork by Ousmane Sembene, the 81-year-old father of African cinema and one of Senegal's greatest novelists, is the second film in a trilogy celebrating African women.
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Ousmane, who wrote and directs, gives strong flavors to his characterization of village life and its peoples. But as drama the film mostly serves to illustrate the two sides of this crucial social debate in Africa.
AV Club
Keith Phipps
Though Moolaadé doesn't shy away from the task of educating its viewers about the brutality of 'purification,' it works equally well as a tribute to righteous defiance wherever it surfaces.
Arizona Republic
Richard Nilsen
It's certainly clear where the director stands on the issue, but underneath is a far richer film about the complex issues of globalization and the values of tradition.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
A stirring vision of civil but pointed disobedience.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Opens a window to a culture we rarely see, creating both a small story of a mother and daughter and a vast story of female empowerment.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino
One of the strongest films ever to emerge from Africa.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
It's the work of a wise man who also happens to be a fine artist.
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel
Moolaadé is not a 'downer' film as much as a parable that lets us see the hardships (and occasional humor) that are inherent in an environment where the slightest change in tradition is a cause for great alarm.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The director has reached that point in his career where craft disappears behind grace.
Washington Post
Neely Tucker
For those interested in Africa as it is -- and not how Hollywood so often has it -- Sembene provides lasting insights into village life.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It makes a powerful statement and at the same time contains humor, charm and astonishing visual beauty.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A movie to rock the soul.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
It's masterful, simple and wise.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
There's such a rich sense of the fullness of life in Moolaadé that it sustains those passages that are truly and necessarily harrowing if Sembene is to convey the full horror of female mutilation.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
This is an important film, but that doesn't mean it's a lecture about this horrible practice. It's this vibrant, filled-with-life effort with these wonderful characters and it's very moving and sometimes, at moments it's very funny.
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
The film is remarkable for its depiction of the everyday life and chores of a vanishing culture, and for making its points with clarity and precision.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
A stand-up-and-cheer finale.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
It says volumes about the artistry of veteran filmmaker-novelist Ousmane Sembene that he is able to take a subject as forbidding and charged as female circumcision and spin a film that is at once humane, enthralling and sensually vibrant.
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