Black Girl
A Senegalese woman is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family, but finds her duties reduced to those of a maid after the family moves from Dakar to the south of France. In her new country, the woman is constantly made aware of her race and mistreated by her employers. Her hope for better times turns to disillusionment and she falls into isolation and despair. The harsh treatment leads her to consider suicide the only way out.
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HD
Drama
1966
65 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Black Girl
- Duration : 65 min
- Languages : French
- Writers : Ousmane Sembene
- Directors : Ousmane Sembene min
- Imdb : 7.4 (1292 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.8 (552 votes)
- Actors : Mbissine Thèrèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene
Movie Storyline
A Senegalese woman is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family, but finds her duties reduced to those of a maid after the family moves from Dakar to the south of France. In her new country, the woman is constantly made aware of her race and mistreated by her employers. Her hope for better times turns to disillusionment and she falls into isolation and despair. The harsh treatment leads her to consider suicide the only way out.