Madame Brouette

A delightful film that provides us with a colourful glimpse of urban life in Senegal in the early 2000s, by unravelling the mysterious death of Madame Brouettes husband.

It's a blue Monday for restaurant owner Madame Brouette when her husband is found dead. He has made her life difficult, but could she have killed him? We go back in time, and slowly but surely, the story unravels. This was truly a different African film of its time. The urban mixes with the traditional through a group of griots - storytellers - who sing to explain the drama. "Madame Brouette" gives us a colorful glimpse into the urban life of Senegal at that time and was rewarded with a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Best Music.

Lasse Skagen

Q&A with the director

For the screening of MADAME BROUETTE, on Saturday, NOV 18 at 16.00, director Moussa Sene Absa will participate in a Q&A session.

Director

Moussa Sene Absa (b. 1958) is a Senegalese filmmaker born in the suburb of Tableau Ferraille outside Dakar. He began his career as an actor before transitioning to writing and directing his own theatrical productions. His first film, The Price of Lies (1988), marked the beginning of his film career, and his next feature film, Ça Twiste À Poponguine (1994), won several awards. His films are considered among the most significant in Senegalese cinema, and among his most renowned works are Tableau Ferraille (1995) and Madame Brouette (2002). Xalé (2022) is his latest feature film.

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