The dilemma of a poor 15-year-old girl seeking an abortion in an Islamic African country where the practice is both taboo and illegal is dramatized with understated compassion in Lingui, The Sacred Bonds.Veteran Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun lays out the tale in a steady manner that maintains an appealing natural rhythm rather than an imposed melodramatic one.
The topicality of this Cannes Film Festival competition entry should help it navigate to receptive specialized venues internationally.The first thing Lingui has going for it is that it tells a story you’ve very likely never seen before.
Set in a colorful, dusty district outside the city of N’djamena, the tale centers on Anima (Achouackh Abakar Souleyman) and her daughter Maria
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