En attendant les hommes
Appearance
En attendant les hommes | |
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Directed by | Katy Léna N'diaye |
Screenplay by | Katy Léna N'diaye |
Produced by | Neon Rouge ASBL |
Cinematography | Herman Bertiau |
Edited by | Yannick Leroy |
Music by | Erwin Vann |
Release date |
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Running time | 56 min. |
Countries | Belgium Mauritania |
En attendant les hommes ("Waiting for Men") is a 2007 documentary film by Katy Léna N'diaye about women muralists in Oualata, Mauritania. In this town on the far edge of the Sahara desert, three women practice traditional painting on the walls of the town.[1][2][3]
Plot
[edit]Oualata is a small oasis town in the far east of the Mauritanian desert. In this islet, an ephemeral rampart against the sands, three traditional women painters decorate the red walls with frescoes in a society apparently dominated by tradition, religion and men, and speak freely about gender relations.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ En attendant les hommes at IMDb
- ^ Pialeprat, Sarah (11 December 2007). "En attendant les hommes de Katy Lena Ndiaye". Cinergie (in French). Belgium. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
Ici à Oualata, ce sont les femmes qui peignent les tarkhas. Il y a beaucoup de pudeur derrière ces tableaux. Quand arrive une fête, par exemple la fin du ramadan, on embellit la maison de tarkhas. On la décore aussi quand le retour de quelqu'un est annoncé. Les hommes aiment ça. À cette période, ils rentrent et presque toutes les maisons sont décorées. »...Au cœur de cette ville, là encore, des femmes décorent les maisons de fresques d'une remarquable beauté et confient à la réalisatrice espoirs, rêves et désillusions.
- ^ Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa – Tánger (FCAT 2017, in Spanish):
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)
- ^ Waiting for Men (2007) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-05-10,
In Mauritania, a country seemingly bound by tradition and male dominance, three women speak freely about sex, love and money.
External links
[edit]- "En attendant les hommes (Awaiting for Men) - extrait". Vimeo.com. Vimeo. 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2023. Excerpt from the film.
Categories:
- 2007 films
- 2007 documentary films
- African art
- Arabic-language films
- Belgian documentary films
- Documentary films about painters
- Documentary films about women in Africa
- Films by Serer directors
- Films set in Mauritania
- Mauritanian documentary films
- Women and the arts
- 2000s Belgian films
- African film stubs
- Mauritania stubs
- Belgian film stubs
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