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Dokumentarfilm | 2012-2014 | Deutschland

Drehdaten

DrehorteBurkina Faso

Projektdaten

Lauflänge65 Minuten

Kurzinhalt

Bintou has just finished her training as a dressmaker and is able to get by quite well in Burkina Faso – especially since she is doing a lot of work for white persons. At 24 she wants to achieve something in life and dreams of a career in Europe. Bintou documents her newest designs with a small camera, chats online in the internet café and reenacts casting shows from television with her friends.

But frequently when she is alone, Bintou thinks about Christiane, her six year old daughter. Christiane lives in a home, so as to relieve Bintou who has experienced terrible things in the past. In these moments memories catch up with her. When Christiane turns seven and is supposed to move back in with her mother, the young dressmaker has to finally face her situation...

“Bintou” is a portrait of a young African woman searching for her own way in between traditional role patterns and a modern lifestyle.

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Official Selection
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Dominik Utz2015SguardiAltrove Festival [it]
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