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Circulating
Status:
IN
V3544

Faat Kiné

Sembène, Ousmane

California Newsreel

Title:
Faat Kiné
Alternate Title:
Faat-Kine
Director:
Sembène, Ousmane
Description:
1/2 in., VHS, NTSC.   viewing copy.   1 videocassette of 1.
110 minutes.   color.   sound.  
Country:
Senegal
Year:
2001
Publisher:
California Newsreel
Language:
French and Wolof with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Notes:
Sound. French and Wolof languages with English subtitles. Kine, an unmarried mother of two, is the successful manager of a Dakar gasoline station. Independent and well-to-do, Kine tries to manage the demands of her job, her family and her friends. The movie follows Kine’s activities with an unobtrusive eye, capturing her everyday life. Confrontations punctuate her relatively comfortable daily existence, from a tearful quarrel with her restive daughter to a roadside spat with a woman who accuses her of having an affair with her husband.
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