Une Fenêtre ouverte

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Une Fenêtre ouverte
Directed byKhady Sylla
Screenplay byKhady Sylla
Produced byGUISS GUISS Communication Athénaïse
CinematographyCharlie Van Damme
Edited byAmrita David
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
52 minutes
CountriesFrance
Senegal

Une Fenêtre ouverte is a 2005 documentary film.

Synopsis

Can madness be described? Is it possible to express the pain that it entails? In 1994, when she was about to fall prey to her illness, Khady Sylla met Aminta Ngom, who exhibited her madness freely, without fear of provocation. During her years of suffering, Aminta was her window to the world.

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