Denko

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Denko
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Directed by Mohamed Camara
Written byMohamed Camara
Produced by Dominique Andreani
Cinematography Mathieu Vaudepied [1]
Edited by Agnes Bruckert [1]
Music by Mamady Mansare [1]
Production
company
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
18 minutes
Country Guinea/France

Denko is a 1993 short drama film directed by Guinean film maker Mohamed Camara. The story involves incest between a mother and son. [2] The film won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, [3] the award for Best Short film at the Fribourg International Film Festival and the Golden Danzante award at the Huesca Film Festival. [4]

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Mariama and her blind son Bilaly are shunned by their neighbours. When Mariama rescues an albino man, Samba, from drowning, she discovers that he is a healer and can cure her son's blindness. In order for him to do this, Mariama must commit incest with Bilaly. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Spaas, Lieve (2000). The Francophone film: a struggle for identity. Manchester University Press. p. 261. ISBN   0-7190-5861-9.
  2. ↑ Armes, Roy (2006). African filmmaking: north and south of the Sahara. Edinburgh University Press. p. 152. ISBN   0-7486-2124-5.
  3. ↑ Nesselson, Lisa (2000). "Clermont-Ferrand Festival of Short Films". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "37 Huesca International Film Festival". Huesca Film Festival. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Denko". British Film Institute National Archive. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2010.


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