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Faces of Women

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In this episodic drama, a farmer's wife is accused of cheating on her husband. When he becomes aggressive, she begins taking self-defense classes in order to protect herself. Meanwhile, a city woman owns a fish-smoking business but dreams of starting her own restaurant. Without any possessions to use as loan collateral, she enlists the help of her beautiful daughters. When the money comes in, eager villagers show up looking for their share.

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Tony Rayns Time Out A wonderfully unpredictable and lively triptych on the financial, sexual and emotional emancipation of African women, pieced together over twelve years by a film-maker who hasn't a single dull thought in his head. Jan 26, 2006 Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times A technically rough, cheerfully rude, folkloric comedy about the status of women in the Ivory Coast. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 30, 2004 Full Review Pat Graham Chicago Reader Naive and ragged by ordinary standards, but a lot of life breaks in where formalism breaks down. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review TV Guide A provocative and informative film on the domestic and business conflicts women face in today's Ivory Coast. Rated: 3/4 Sep 12, 2013 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 21, 2005 Full Review Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks A strange but rather entrancing picture that makes a virtue of its own frequent amateurishness... Always intriguing and frequently entertaining. Rated: B Jan 10, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this episodic drama, a farmer's wife is accused of cheating on her husband. When he becomes aggressive, she begins taking self-defense classes in order to protect herself. Meanwhile, a city woman owns a fish-smoking business but dreams of starting her own restaurant. Without any possessions to use as loan collateral, she enlists the help of her beautiful daughters. When the money comes in, eager villagers show up looking for their share.
Director
Désiré Ecaré
Producer
Désiré Ecaré
Screenwriter
Désiré Ecaré
Distributor
New Yorker Films
Production Co
Films de la Lagune
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 13, 1987, Original
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Mono