MADAME BROUETTE

Moussa Sène ABSA - Senegal

Synopsis

Mati, nicknamed ‘Madame Wheelbarrow’, decides to leave her husband and live alone. She falls in love with policeman Naago. One morning soon afterwards, an armed man breaks in and starts shooting. Mortally wounded, he collapses in front of the door. Mati says she’s guilty.

Film details

Genre : Narrative Feature film
Duration : 104 minutes
Year of production : 2002
Country : Senegal
Casting : Aboubacar Sadikh Bâ - Rokhaya Niang
Screenwriter : Moussa Sene Absa - Gilles Desjardins - Claude Gilaizeau
Cinematography : Jean-Jacques Bouhon
Editor : Matthieu Roy-Décarie
Director : Moussa Sène ABSA






MoussaSène Absa is a Senegalese film director, editor, producer, screenwriter, painter and songwriter. His directorial debut, the short film Le Prix du Mensonge, won the Silver Tanit at the 1988 JCC; his next work, Madame Brouette, won the Silver Bear at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival. He has also produced a popular daily comedy sketch, Gorgorlu, for Senegal TV.