A 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: May 18, 1996
Runtime: 105 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Magou Seck, Isseu Niang, Moustapha Yade, Abou Camara, Alioune Konaré, Alpha Diouph
Crew: Safi Faye (Director), Safi Faye (Writer), Anna Perini (Sound Engineer), Jürgen Jürges (Director of Photography), Andrée Davanture (Editor), Yandé Codou Sène (Music)