Mossane

Mossane

105 mins | Drama | May 18, 1996

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.

Mossane

105 mins | Drama | May 18, 1996

Mossane
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title Mossane
Directors Safi Faye
Writers Safi Faye

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

Ibou N'Dong

as Père Farba Diouf

Moussa Cissé

as Le jeune mendiant

Médoune Seck

as Vieux Senghane

Mbaye Diagne

as Le patriarche

Daouda Lam

as Diokel

Seynabou Guèye

as Dibor

Cheikh Mar

as Daouda

Saliou Diouf

as Sitor

Malick Dione

as Ndiack

Mamadou Mahourédia Gueye

as Petit Pelé

Abdou Mama Diouf

as Père Ndour

Awa Touré

as Fatou ou Dame Ndour

Mamadou Faye

as L'imam

Anna Bob

as Kangou

Sagana M'Baye

as L'instituteur

Abasse N'Diaye

as L'etudiant

Malick Diop

as Le charretier

Moussa Camara

as Les photos de Diogoye