A Tooth for a Tooth
MovieTitle | Dent pour Dent |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Feb 26, 2023 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Ottis Ba Mamadou |
Production country | Senegal |
Production companies | Neon Rouge Production, Sunuy Films, Tact Production, Moabi Films, Karekezi Film Production |
Run time | 84 min. |
Idrissa lives in the suburbs of Dakar, Senegal. As a result of budgetary restrictions imposed by the IMF, then headed by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, he lost his job as a civil servant. Since then, Idrissa has been looking for work, without success. His pride as an African man is all the more affected by the fact that he is now entirely dependent on his wife, Viviane, who somehow manages to support the family through her medical practice. Aminata (Idrissa and Viviane’s daughter) and Moussa, two young students in love with each other, also see their lives disrupted by the economic situation imposed on the country. After yet another humiliation, Idrissa, who holds Strauss-Kahn responsible for his misfortune, decides to go and see a marabout to prepare his revenge…