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Delwende (Stand Up and Walk)

  • Delwende (Lève-toi et marche)
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title : LEVE-TOI ET MARCHE
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2005
Format : Feature
Running time : 90 (in minutes)

Set in the villages of Burkina Faso, Delwende is a powerful and vibrant story of a woman's rebellion against anachronistic and sexist traditions. Napoko, a determined mother, has several problems to face. He young daughter is raped and then, much to her distress, Napoko's husband Diarrha wants to rush their daughter into an arranged marriage. When Napoko is accused of witchcraft and infanticide, she is forced to flee to a women's shelter in Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso/France/Switzerland, 2005, 90mins, Moore and French with English subtitles Director: S. Pierre Yameogo PRIX / FESTIVALS / AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS / TELEVISIONS 2006 | ZIFF 2006 - 9ème Zimbabwe International Film Festival | HARARE, Zimbabwe | www.ziff.co.zw | * Sélection (LM Fiction) 2005 | Festival de Cannes | CANNES, France | > Sélection (Un certain Regard) * PRIX DE L'ESPOIR * MENTION SPÉCIALE du JURY OECUMÉNIQUE Cannes 2005 2005 | Filmfest Hamburg - Hamburg International Film Festival | HAMBURG, Germany | * Selection - Section VOILA ! 2005 | London Film Festival | LONDON, England | * Selection - World Cinema 2005 | Montreal International Festival of New Cinema | MONTREAL, Canada | * Selection 2005 | Namur International French-language Film Festival | NAMUR, Belgium | * Official Competition * Special Jury Prize 2005 | Pusan - International Film Festival | PUSAN, South Korea | from 06/10/2005 to 14/10/2005 | www.piff.org | * Selection - Section Critics' Choice 2005 | Rio de Janeiro - International Film Festival | RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil | * Selection - Panorama of World Cinema 2005 | Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival | TAIPEI, China | * Selection - Panorama Section 2005 | Tuebingen - Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival | TUEBINGEN, Germany | * Selection - Section Afrique

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