For the Best and for the Onion

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For the Best and for the Onion
(French: Pour le meilleur et pour l'oignon)
Directed by Sani Elhadj Magori
Written bySani Elhadj Magori
Produced byMalam Saguirou
CinematographySalissou Rabé
Malam Saguirou
Edited byFrançois Pit
Production
companies
Adalios
Dangarama
Les Films du Kutus
TV Rennes 35
Release date
  • October 2009 (2009-10)
Running time
52 minutes
CountriesNiger
France
LanguagesHausa
French

For the Best and for the Onion (French : Pour le meilleur et pour l'oignon) is a 2008 Nigerien documentary film about onion farmers in Galmi, Niger, written and directed by Sani Elhadj Magori. [1]

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Synopsis

Filmed in the director's hometown over the course of a single growing season, the film follows how the price of onions affects the lives of two young villagers who wish to wed, while the father of the would-be bride, Yaro, struggles to make enough from his crop to be able to offer his daughter a fitting marriage. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rencontre avec Elhadj Magori Sani, réalisateur nigérien de "Pour le meilleur et pour l'oignon"". RFI (in French). 2010-05-19. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Pour le meilleur et pour l'oignon". Fofo Magazine (in French). January 6, 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2014.