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Bintou (also known as A Close-Up on Bintou) is a 2001 Burkinabé short film directed by Fanta Régina Nacro. It formed part of the 2002 collection Mama Africa.
Mother-of-three Bintou wishes her daughter to go to school to receive the education that she was denied in her own childhood. Since her husband refuses to pay for a daughter to be educated, Bintou must earn money by growing millet sprouts.
Bintou won several festival awards in 2001 and 2002 including at the Cannes Film Festival, Amiens International Film Festival, Bermuda International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival and the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival.
Actors: Eriq Ebouaney (actor), Aïssa Maïga (actress), Emile Abossolo M'bo (actor), Emile Abossolo M'bo (actor), Emile Abossolo M'bo (actor), Emile Abossolo M'bo (actor), Emile Abossolo M'bo (actor), Claudia Tagbo (actress), Claudia Tagbo (actress), Jacky Ido (actor), Jacky Ido (actor), Jacky Ido (actor), Jacky Ido (actor), Jacky Ido (actor), Jacky Ido (actor),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Bernadette Lafont (actress), Dan Herzberg (actor), Sophie Mounicot (actress), Aïssa Maïga (actress), Antoine Duléry (actor), Cheik Doukouré (actor), Chad Chenouga (actor), Françoise Lépine (actress), Mariam Kaba (actress), Maka Sidibe (actor), Guy Jacques (director), Philippe Niang (writer), Gerald Morales (actor), Crystal Shepherd-Cross (actress), Emmanuel List (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Aïssa Maïga (actress), Manuel Blanc (actor), Laora Bardos-Feltoronyi (miscellaneous crew), Claudia Tagbo (actress), Marie-Hélène Dozo (editor), Nicolas Blanc (producer), Mata Gabin (actress), Christian Loustau (actor), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (director), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (writer), Lorella Cravotta (actress), Dioucounda Koma (actor), Marie-Philomène Nga (actress), Jean-Pierre Bouchard (actor), Nathalie Tellier (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Fanta Régina Nacro (director), Claire Lajoumard (producer), Hyppolite Ouangrawa (actor), Nano Chesnais (editor), Alima Salouka (actress),
Plot: Bintou is beaten by her husband Abel, for using housekeeping money to pay for her daughter to go to school. He believes that only his sons should be educated. Bintou is determined to earn the money herself, but the only skill she knows is growing millet sprouts. She has to find the pots, and obtain sacks of millet from the storekeeper, while her husband continually sabotages her efforts.
Genres: Short,Actors: Fanta Régina Nacro (writer), Fanta Régina Nacro (director), Abdoulaye Komboudri (actor), Georgette Paré (actress), Aminata Diallo (actress), Antoinette Dacosta (actress), Fatou Seck (actor), Etienne Minoungou (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Sotigui Kouyaté (actor), Sidiki Bakaba (actor), Djingareye Maiga (actor), Fifi-Dalla Kouyate (actress), Mustapha Diop (actor), Mustapha Diop (director), Djénéba Dao (actress), Harouna Diarra (actress), Merlin N'Diagne (actor), Hima Amadou (actor),
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