Mossane (1996)

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Mossane on IMDb 7.7/10 57 votes

Released:
1996-05-18

Overview:
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.

Director:
Safi Faye

Runtime:
1h 45min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Magou Seck
    as
    Mossane
  • Isseu Niang
    as
    Mère Mingué Diouf
  • Moustapha Yade
    as
    Samba
  • Abou Camara
    as
    Oncle Baak
  • Alioune Konaré
    as
    Fara