Synopsis

On the outskirts of N’djamena, Chad, Amina’s fragile world collapses the day she discovers that her 15-year-old daughter Maria is pregnant. The teenager does not want this pregnancy. But in a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost from the start…

Saturday, 04.12.2021 – 7.15 pm, delphi LUX, theater 4

Wednesday, 08.12.2021 – 7.15 pm, Kino in der KulturBrauerei, theater 6 – presented by Emma Bading

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Credits

+++ Berlin Premiere +++

OT: Lingui, les liens sacrés
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Screenplay: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, Chad 2021
Production: Pili Films, Beluga Tree, Made in Germany Belgien, Goi Goi Productions
Cast: Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf Djaoro
Length: 87 min.
Language: French and Chadic Arabic OV / English subtitles
Distribution Germany: déjà-vu Film
Festivals: Cannes, Jerusalem, Toronto, Busan, London, Chicago, Gent, Sydney, Brisbane
Awards: Hamburg Producer’s Prize