Madame Brouette
by Moussa Sene Absa
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Actor: Aboubacar Sadikh Ba, Kadiatou Sy, Ndeye Seneba Seck, Ousseynou Diop, Rokhaya NiangDirector: Moussa Sene Absa
Brand: TLA Releasing
Producer: Moussa Sene Absa
Writer: Moussa Sene Absa
Producer: Badou Ba
Producer: Claude Gilaizeau
Writer: Claude Gilaizeau
Producer: Danielle Champoux
Writer: Gilles Desjardins
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: TLA Releasing
Movie Reviews of Madame Brouette
Movie Review: Independent Woman Seeks Companion Who'll Love and Honor Her
Summary: 5 Stars
Rokhaya Niang beautifully stands out as Mati, "Madame Brouette", a Muslim raised divorcee with a young daughter. She sells her wares in a wheelbarrow while looking out for the women in her village. She isn't afraid to speak her mind. She helps her friend Ndaxt get out of her abusive marriage. They live with Mati's father who doesn't believe in divorce. Mati doesn't conform to the tradition of a woman being a wife and mother alone. She values her independence despite what everyone else thinks.
She meets Naago, a morally corrupt cop while on the street with her wheelbarrow in tow. Naago takes an interest in the single mother and even befriends her daughter giving her money and Coca-Cola. She is at first not taken by him but on New Year's she finds herself falling in love with him. She doesn't know that he is involved with other women and is in debt to a pimp named London.
Her father puts her out of the house when he learns that she is pregnant outside of the marriage. She goes to Naago for help and finds out that he isn't who he is but is yet willing to hang on to him until things take a turn for the worse.
"Madame Brouette" isn't a musical, although there is a chorus and the daughter sings about a partridge that wants to be free. The partridge is symbolic for personal freedom. Humans want to be free. Despite Mati's independence, she was expected to conform to subservient roles of women. Naago wasn't free from his debts. Naago's involvement in corruption prisoned him like the prisoners in jail. The tragedy of Mati and Naago has created a battle of the sexes and exposed the system for what it is.
"Madame Brouette" was an interesting movie to watch. I highly recommend it.
Summary of Madame Brouette
Proud and independent Mati, nicknamed Madame Brouette, survives by pushing her produce cart through the pathways of the market in Sandaga. Divorced, shes had her fill of men and wants nothing more to do with them. She shares a dream with her daughter Ndye and her friend Ndaxt, who has also escaped from a violent marriage. They hope to open a small restaurant, a snack bar which will allow them to make a living in dignity. But fate has other ideas and she meets Naago, a charming, smooth-talking policeman with whom Mati falls in love against her better judgment. One fine day at dawn, the Niayes Thiokeert district is awakened to the sound of gunfire.Similar DVD Movies
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