SENEGAL · 1970

Tauw

Ousmane Sembène
Senegalese Cinema poverty family rejection masculinity and honor pregnancy and motherhood social stigma
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A young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfriend who has been rejected by her family.

Year1970
CountrySenegal
DirectorOusmane Sembène
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