Visages de femmes

by Désiré Ecaré

1985 Selection

IVORY COAST 1985 1h45

Feature Film

This film is made up of two parts intersected and punctuated by scenes of group dances. There are two movements in the first part ; the tender links between the sister-in-law and the brother-in-law and the hesitations of the husband/brother. Then the relationships develop between the young man and the girl. The second part is a whole without any variations : the will of the woman to lead her own life and the family life... the big plans and the ordinary worries.
The two parts open up on a revolution made of feminine demonstrations, social fractures and the restructuring of responsabilities in... an African country.