The Woman with the Knife

The Woman with the Knife

77 mins | Drama, Comedy, Mystery | Jan. 1, 1969

A young, unnamed Ivorian intellectual returns home after a lengthy spell in France. Failing to reconcile his new-found modernist views with his African traditions, and obsessed with his sexual inhibition, the man becomes haunted by the specter of a knife-brandishing woman threatening to shatter any potential relationships with other women.

The Woman with the Knife

77 mins | Drama, Comedy, Mystery | Jan. 1, 1969

The Woman with the Knife
A young, unnamed Ivorian intellectual returns home after a lengthy spell in France. Failing to reconcile his new-found modernist views with his African traditions, and obsessed with his sexual inhibition, the man becomes haunted by the specter of a knife-brandishing woman threatening to shatter any potential relationships with other women.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Société Ivoirienne de Cinema
Original title La femme au couteau
Directors Timité Bassori
Writers Timité Bassori

Cast

Timité Bassori

as The Man / The Man in a Tux (as Tim' Sory)

Marie Vieyra

as The Woman with the Knife

Danielle Alloh

as The Girlfriend