Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. "D'après une nouvelle de Sembene Ousmane tirée de Voltaïque, Editions Présence Africaine." "A New Yorker Films release." Issued with: Borom sarret. Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinck, Momar Nar Sene, Robert Fontaine.
Summary:
A young Senegalese girl leaves Africa to work as a domestic servant for a European family in Antibes. Shot in a simple New Wave style, it tells a bitter story of exile and despair ultimately leading to her suicide.
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