Delwende

2005. Burkina Faso/France/Switzerland. Written and directed by S. Pierre Yameogo. With Blandine Yameogo, Claire Ilboudo, Celestin Zongo. Yameogo's sixth feature challenges patriarchal traditions. A young woman is raped and married off, while her mother, accused of being a "soul eater"—a malignant force within the community—is expelled from the village. The daughter, feisty and determined, sets off to find her mother. Courtesy New Yorker Films. In More, French; English subtitles. 89 min.