Moolaadé

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Moolaadé

2004

2h 4m

7.2(73 votes)

Drama

Overview

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.

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12 members

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Fatoumata Coulibaly

Collé Gallo Ardo Sy

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Maimouna Hélène Diarra

Hadjatou

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Salimata Traoré

Amasatou

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Dominique Zeïda

Mercenaire

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Rasmané Ouédraogo

Ciré Bathily

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Joseph Traoré

Dugutigi

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Théophile Sowié

Ibrahima

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Balla Habib Dembélé

Sacristain

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Gustave Sorgho

Bakary

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Moussa Sanogo

Konaté fils

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Naky Sy Savane

Sanata

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Georgette Paré

Niassi

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