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The Little Girl Who Sold The Sun

1999, Movie, NR, 45 mins

LITTLE GIRL WHO SOLD THE SUN, THE | PETITE VENDEUSE DE SOLEIL, LA
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This wonderful short film by Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambety is cause for both celebration and great sadness. It's a joyous, beautifully made testament to pluck and perseverance under the direst circumstances, but also the last film Mambety completed before his untimely death in 1998. Undaunted by the bad leg that leaves her dependent on a pair of bright red crutches, 12-year-old Sili Laam (Lissa Balera) usually leaves her shanty-town home on the outskirts of Dakar t... read more leave a comment
Year: 1999
Rated NR

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Cast
Lissa Balera: Sili
Tayerou M'Baye: Babou
Oumou Samb: Crazy Woman
Moussa Balde: Boy in Wheelchair
Dieynaba Laam: Grandmother
Martin N'Gom: Gang Leader

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