Mother of the Dunes

Mother of the Dunes

90 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1997

Director Abdoulaye Ascofare's drama follows Zamiatou (Aminata Ousmane), a mother who struggles to support her family in the wake of her husband's unjust incarceration. Life is already difficult in the desolate desert of Mali in Africa, but when her husband returns from prison a mentally and physically reduced man, Zamiatou will do anything to keep her two sons and daughter alive.

Mother of the Dunes

90 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1997

Mother of the Dunes
Director Abdoulaye Ascofare's drama follows Zamiatou (Aminata Ousmane), a mother who struggles to support her family in the wake of her husband's unjust incarceration. Life is already difficult in the desolate desert of Mali in Africa, but when her husband returns from prison a mentally and physically reduced man, Zamiatou will do anything to keep her two sons and daughter alive.
Producers Centre National de la Cinématographie du Mali (CNCM), Les Films de la Dune Rose
Original title Faraw!
Directors Abdoulaye Ascofare
Writers Abdoulaye Ascofare

Cast

Aminata Ousmane

as Zamiatou, la mère

Balla Moussa Keita

as Le père

Safiatou Mahamane

as La fille

Oumar Mbarek

as Fils 1

Hamel Mbarek

as Fils 2