--- title: 'Moolaadé (2004)' type: 'film' director: 'Ousmane Sembène' released: '2004-05-15' runtime_minutes: 124 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Cameroon' - 'Senegal' - 'Morocco' - 'Burkina Faso' - 'Tunisia' - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/moolaade-2004' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416991/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Moolaadé (2004) 2004 · 124 min · Drama · Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, France ## Synopsis Moolaadé is a 2004 film by the Senegalese writer and director Ousmane Sembène. It addresses the subject of female genital mutilation, a common practice in a number of African countries, from Egypt to Nigeria. The film was a co-production between companies from several Francophone nations: Senegal, France, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Morocco, and Tunisia. It was filmed in the remote village of Djerrisso, Burkina Faso. The film argues strongly against the practice, depicting a village woman, Collé, who uses moolaadé to protect her daughter and a group of younger girls. She is opposed by the villagers who believe in the necessity of female genital cutting, which they call "purification". This was Sembène's last film before his death in 2007. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ousmane Sembène](https://cinepixo.com/people/ousmane-sembene) - **Screenplay:** [Ousmane Sembène](https://cinepixo.com/people/ousmane-sembene) - **Original Music Composer:** [Boncana Mai͏̈ga](https://cinepixo.com/people/boncana-maiga) - **Producer:** [Ousmane Sembène](https://cinepixo.com/people/ousmane-sembene) ## Cast - [Fatoumata Coulibaly](https://cinepixo.com/people/fatoumata-coulibaly) - [Naky Sy Savané](https://cinepixo.com/people/naky-sy-savane) - [Joseph Traoré](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-traore) - [Aminata Dao](https://cinepixo.com/people/aminata-dao) - [Rasmane Ouedraogo](https://cinepixo.com/people/rasmane-ouedraogo) - [Théophile Sowié](https://cinepixo.com/people/theophile-sowie) - [Habib Dembélé](https://cinepixo.com/people/habib-dembele) - [Maimouna Diarra](https://cinepixo.com/people/maimouna-diarra) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/moolaade-2004 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1131452); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.