Bintou

Infobox Film
name = Bintou


image_size =
caption = screenshot
director = Fanta Régina Nacro
producer = Claire Lajoumard
writer = Fanta Régina Nacrocite web
title =Bintou (2001)
work =fanta-nacro.com
publisher =Fanta Régina Nacro
url =http://www.fanta-nacro.com/films/bintou.html
accessdate =2007-12-29
language =French]
narrator =
starring = Hyppolite Ouangrawa
Alima Salouka
music = Yacouba Compaoré
Maï Lingani
cinematography = Nara Keo Kosal
editing = Nano Chesnais
distributor = Zimmedia
released = January 29 2001 (Netherlands)
runtime = 31 mins.
country = Burkina Faso
France
language = More
budget =
gross =
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followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0290468

"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".

Plot

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. [cite web
title = Mama Africa
publisher = BFI
date = 2005-07-21
url = http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:fObVuh738V4J:secure.bfi.org.uk/about/media/releases/2005/2005-07-21-mama-africa.pdf
format =
accessdate =2008-02-09 ]

Cast

*Hyppolite Ouangrawa as Abel, Bintou's husband
*Alima Salouka as Bintou

Awards

"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. [cite web
title =Awards for Bintou
publisher =Internet Movie Database
url =http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290468/awards
accessdate =2007-12-29 ]

References

External links

*imdb title|0290468
*fr icon [http://www.fanta-nacro.com/films/bintou.html "Bintou"] at the director's official site