Showtimes
Thursday, June 25, 2026
7:00PM Oriental Theatre - Herzfeld Cinema (East)
Description
Accompanied by the short film BOROM SARRET
Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
This film is part of Bleak Week, presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque.
Film Series Community Partner: Milwaukee DSA – Democratic Socialists of America
- Series
- Bleak Week
- Year
- 1966
- Length
- 65 minutes
- Language
- French, Wolof
- Subtitles
- English
- Rating
- UR
- Country
- Senegal
- Director
- Ousmane Sembène
- Producer
- André Zwobada
- Writer
- Ousmane Sembène
- Starring
- Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine
- Cinematographer
- Christian Lacoste
- Editor
- André Gaudier
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