FRANCE · 1993

Madame l'eau

Jean Rouch
French New Wave cross-cultural exchange agricultural innovation travel and displacement technology transfer postcolonial perspectives
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"Their land drought-stricken, three Nigerien farmers (and their donkey) travel to Holland to investigate the possibility of importing windmill technology for use on the plains of Niger. A follow-up to JAGUAR, PETIT À PETIT, and COCORICO MONSIEUR POULET! – undertaken with his longtime filmmaking partners Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahima Dia, and Tallou Mouzourane – Rouch’s feature is a surreal tale of my

Year1993
CountryFrance
DirectorJean Rouch
Madame l'eau

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