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Set in a small African village, four young girls face a ritual "purification" flee to the household of Colle' Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenage daughter from mutilation. Colle' invokes the time-honored custom of moolaade (sanctuary) to protect the fugitives, and tension mounts as the ensuing stand-off pits Colle' against a village traditionalists (both male and female) and endangers the prospective marriage of her daughter to the heir-apparent to the tribal throne.
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| Also Known As: |
Protection
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Genres: |
Art/Foreign and Drama |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 4 min. |
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| Release Date: |
October 15, 2004 (NY) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
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| Distributors: |
New Yorker Films
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| Production Co.: |
Cine-Sud
Centre Cinematographique Marocain (CCM)
Cinetelefilms
Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale
Les Filmes de la Terre Africaine
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| Financiers: |
Funding (Allemagne): ABP/EZEF
Funding (Marocco): Agence Marocaine de la Cooperation Internationale
Funding (Allemagne): Church Development Service
Funding (France): Fonds Sud Cinema
Funding (Switzerland): Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$214,605 |
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| Produced in: |
Senegal |
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