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In a village in Togo, a young woman is sentenced to death because she falls in love with a man "from the mainland". Her sister and lover help her to escape the sentence by deploying different strategies. Gustave Akakppo makes a touching, tragic but funny play out of the subordination of wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Akakpo, Gustave, 1974- (Author)
Other Authors: Dubreuil, François (Director), Bousquet, Marie-Pierre (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:French
Language Notes:In French.
Published: Paris, France : Windrose SAS, 2015.
Subjects:
Women > Togo > Social conditions > Drama.
Capital punishment > Togo > Drama.
Togo > Social conditions > Drama.
Capital punishment.
Social conditions.
Women > Social conditions.
Togo.
Drama.
Théâtre.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In a village in Togo, a young woman is sentenced to death because she falls in love with a man "from the mainland". Her sister and lover help her to escape the sentence by deploying different strategies. Gustave Akakppo makes a touching, tragic but funny play out of the subordination of women's bodies to men.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed February 05, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (67 min.)
Playing Time:01:06:11
Production Credits:Production design, Ewlyne Guillaume.