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Lingui: The Sacred Bond

Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Chad, France, Belgium, Germany
2021
87 mins

On the outskirts of N'Djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter, Maria. Her already fragile world collapses the day she discovers that her daughter is pregnant. The teenager does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost in advance...

  • Year
    2021
  • Country
    Chad, France, Belgium, Germany
  • Language
    French
  • Director
    Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
  • Genre
    Drama, Social Issues
  • Theme
    Drama, En français, Social issues

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