LA PETITE VENDEUSE DE SOLEIL (The Little Girl who sold the Sun)

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In La petite vendeuse de Soleil (The Little Girl who Sold the Sun), Mambety brings us the feisty Sili Lam, a twelve year old paraplegic who becomes the first girl to sell a daily newspaper in the competitive world of young male newspaper vendors. She takes on a policeman whom she accuses of shaking her down as well as the boys who taunt her. When some boys take her newspapers and crutches, and her friend asks her "What next?" she triumphantly responds, "We continue". The scenes - moving, satiric and comic, are expertly played by non-professional actors to a score by acclaimed musician Wasis Diop (Mambety's brother).

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• senegal
• cinema
• gender
• newspaper
• paraplegic

[Romansarov]

Film majeur de Djibril Diop Mambety. On ne remerciera jamais assez le festival des 3 continents de Nantes d'avoir proposé cette année la diffusion de l'intégrale de ses oeuvres. "La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil" est régulièrement diffusé dans le cadre d'Ecole & Cinéma. Heureux écoliers !

[bebemalachi]

il più grande regista del cinema contemporaneo (anche se è morto 10 anni fa)