This Chadian film, about the taboos of teenage pregnancy and abortion in a restrictive patriarchal society, is an important story to be told, even though it feels too straightforwardly familiar a tale to resonate deeply.
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This Chadian film, about the taboos of teenage pregnancy and abortion in a restrictive patriarchal society, is an important story to be told, even though it feels too straightforwardly familiar a tale to resonate deeply.
An essential African documentary about the brutality of Habre’s regime as recalled by Chadian survivors seeking justice and closure from the unimaginable trauma that they continue to suffer decades after.
Winner of the Cannes Jury Prize, this Chadian film packs plenty of unsaid emotions of jealousy, guilt and remorse into a nuanced father-and-son story as armed separatists threaten the peace of their country in the background.