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LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS
(LINGUI, LES LIENS SACRÉ)

October 11th, 2022
6:30pm Greenbriar Theatre

Lingui, The Sacred Bonds: Welcome

On the outskirts of N'djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her already fragile world collapses the day she discovers that her daughter is pregnant. The teenager does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost in advance...

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Credits

Director - Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Screenplay by - Mahamat Saleh Haroun

Produced by - Florence Stern
Cinematography - Mathieu Giombini

Editor - Marie-Hélène Dozo

Starring - Achouackh Abakar Souleymane as Amina

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Press Kit

Features interview with Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director and writer of Lingui, the Sacred Bonds. Also includes a biography of Haroun and more details on the film's production.

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French & Francophone Film: A Research Guide

To learn more about Francophone film, including movements and genres, the film industry in France and other French-speaking countries, Francophone actors, and Francophone film festivals, please visit this Library of Congress research guide.

French & Francophone Film: A Research Guide Home page
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