A forty-year-old woman refuses to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs the ladder of success in a male dominated field.

Faat-Kiné, the manager of a sparkling new gas station, drives an elegant car, lunches with fashionably dressed friends, and worries about her children passing their high school finals. But Sembène contextualizes his heroine's thoroughly modern triumphs and anxieties within the complex culture and politics of Dakar, with its contrastive architecture of shantytowns and high-rises, streets crowded with cattle and Mercedes, and women whose lives have been shaped as much by tribal custom and male prejudice as by their twenty-first century aspirations.
As it examines the changing roles of women in Senegalese society, Faat-Kiné opens onto a new chapter in the career of this legendary director. Faat-Kine - a warm, often funny story of a single fortyish mother - is the new film by Ousmane Sembene, considered to be Africa's greatest living filmmaker. Faat-Kiné contextualizes its heroine's modern triumphs and anxieties historically, politically and culturally in Dakar, Senegal. Directed by Ousmane Sembene Senegal 2000, 35mm, color, 118 min. With Vénus Sèye, Mame Ndoumbé Diop, Tabara Ndiaye, Awa Sène Sarr Wolof and French with English subtitles

starring / avec
Vénus SÈYE, Mame Ndoumbé DIOP, Tabara NDIAYE, Awa SÉNE SARR, Ndiagne DIA, Mariama BALDÉ

um filme de / film by / un film de
SEMBÈNE Ousmane

France/Senegal. 1999. Fiction, 2h00 mins. French, Wolof (with subtitles), 35 mm

Collection (Trilogie inachevée) : HÉROÏSME AU QUOTIDIEN


Título / Original Title / Titre Original : FAAT-KINÉ
Título Internacional (en Inglês) / International Title (English) / Titre international (Anglais) : Faat-Kiné
Título (França / Bélgica) / Title (France / Belgium) / Titre (France, Belgique) : Faat-Kiné
Outro título (em árabe) / Other Title (in German) / Autre Titre (en allemand) : Faat-Kiné
Outro título (em árabe) / Other Title (in Arabic) / Autre Titre (en arabe) :...
Original Duração / Original Duración / Original Runtime / Durée originale : 120' (2h 00 minutes, 02:00:00)
Tipo / Type / Type : Lunga-metragem de Ficção / Feature Fiction / Long-métrage Fiction
Gênero / Genre : Drame, Comedy / Comédie dramatique
Idioma / Languages / Langues de tournage : Wolof, Francês / Wolof, French / Wolof, Français
Subtítulos / Subtitles / Sous-titres : Francês, Inglês / French, English / Anglais, Français
País de Produção / Country of Production / Pays de Production : Senegal, França / Senegal, France / Sénégal, France
País do Diretor / Filmmaker's Country / Pays du réalisateur : Senegal / Senegal / Sénégal
País de filmagem / Country of Filming / Pays de tournage : Senegal, França / Senegal, France / Sénégal, France
Ano de Produção / Year of production / Année de production : 1999
Ano de lançamento (Festivals) / Year of Release (Festivals) / Année de Sortie (Festivals) : 2000
Ano de lançamento / Year of Release (Theaters) / Année de Sortie (Salles) : 2000
Cores / Colors / Couleurs : Cor / Color / Couleur
Suporte(s) de difusão / Media(s) / Support(s) de diffusion : 35 mm, DVD
Formato / Aspect Ratio / Format Image : 
Formato de som / Sound Mix / Format Son :
Visa Number / Numéro de visa (France) :
Rating / Interdiction :.............
Orçamento estimado / Estimated Budget / Budget prévisionnel :
Période et lieux de tournage :
TAGS : Education, Women's issues, Society, Senegal, Education, Condition féminine, Société, Sénégal


ELENCO / CAST / ACTRICES-ACTEURS : 
Vénus SÈYE............................................Faat Kiné
Mame Ndoumbé DIOP...............................Mammy, Her Mother / Sa mère)
Tabara NDIAYE...........................................Amy Kassé
Awa SÉNE SARR......................................... Mada
Ndiagne DIA............................................ Djip, Her Son / Son fils
Mariama BALDÉ............................................ Aby, Her Daughter / Sa fille
Ismaïla CISSÉ............................................
Marie Augustine DIATTA............................................
Pape FAYE............................................
Ibrahima SANÉ............................................
Éloi COLY............................................


PRODUTOR / PRODUCER / PRODUCTEUR :
- Ousmane Sembène (Filmi Domireew, Dakar)

REALIZADOR / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATEUR :
SEMBÈNE Ousmane

Guionista / Screenwriter / Scénariste :
Sembène Ousmane

Dir. de Fotografia / Director of Photography / Directeur de la photo :
Dominique Gentil

Director de Som / Sound Recordist (Sound Engineer) / Ingénieur du son :
Alioune Mbow

Música / Composer (Original Music) / Musique :
Yandé Codou Sène

Montagem / Editing / Montage :
Kahéna Attia Rival

Set Decoration / Décors :
Moustapha "Picasso" Ndiaye

Costume Design / Costumière :
Fatou Kandé Senghor (as Fatou Kandé)

Makeup artist / Maquilleuse :
Ramatoulaye Diagne

Production Manager :
Wongué Mbengue

Production secretary /Secrétaire de Production :
Fatou Ly

First Assistant Director / 1er Assistant réalisateur :
Clarence Thomas Delgado

Second assistant director / 2ème Assistant réalisateur :
Alioune Konaré

Boom operator / Perchiste :
Lamine Fall

First assistant camera / 1er Assistant Caméra :
David Aïm

Second assistant camera / 2ème Assistant Caméra :
Makhete Diallo

Assistant costume designer / Assistante costumière :
Aida Binger-Diop (as Aida Diop)

Script supervisor / Script-Girl :
Anna Bertona (as Anna Bertona Labarre)


PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Les Films Doomirev (Sénégal)

PARTNERS / PARTENAIRES
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VERLEIH / DISTRIBUIÇÃO / DISTRIBUTION / DISTRIBUTION :
France : Doriane Films
USA : California Newsreel
USA (United States), (2001)(subtitled) : New Yorker Films
Germany : Neue Visionen Filmverleih


VENTES / SALES
Doriane Films (France)

RELEASE / SORTIE SALLES :
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CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals)
Doriane Films (France)
145 Rue de Belleville, 75019 Paris
Tel : +33 1 44 74 77 11 | doriane(@)doriane-films.com
www.facebook.com/dorianefilms/



REVIEWS / CRITIQUES

Faat Kin registers some nice music and glimpses of life in modern Senegal, but not much else.
- Kurt Dahlke (Apollo Guide)

Mr. Sembne hasn't missed a step, and we're lucky to have him back on his path.
- Elvis Mitchell (New York Times)

An ebullient and resolutely feminist look at Africa's post-colonial future from Senegal's Ousmane Sembene.
- Ken Fox (TV Guide)

Faat Kin and Sembene's brilliance is an ability to teach without proselytizing: he allows characters to point fingers without wagging his at them in return
- Walter Chaw (Film Freak Central)

It is nothing less than a witty, sophisticated comedy of manners, African style.
- Frank Scheck (Hollywood Reporter)

Faat Kine presents a wonderful, feminist, observation of Senegalese women's lives.
- Benjamin Wang (Film Inquiry)

- Daniel Eagan (Film Journal International)
Despite the film's shortcomings, Sembene's generosity and humanism are inspiring.


PRÉMIOS / AWARDS / PRIX
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FESTIVALS / EXIBIÇÕES / SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection)
* Sélection /// Amiens (France, 2000)
* Sélection /// Fespaco (Burkina, 2001)
* Sélection /// FCAAAL (Milan - Italie, 2001)
* Sélection /// Fribourg (Suisse, 2001)
* Sélection (Hommage à Sembene Ousmane) /// Amiens (France, 2007)


Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- www.imdb.com/title/tt0276951/
Updated by Thierno DIA, 16 Fev 2024