Movie Details
Original Language:English
Madame leau
Audience Score
DirectorJean Rouch
1 hr 42 min
Plot
Their land droughtstricken three Nigerien farmers and their donkey travel to Holland to investigate the possibility of importing windmill technology for use on the plains of Niger A followup to JAGUAR PETIT À PETIT and COCORICO MONSIEUR POULET undertaken with his longtime filmmaking partners Damouré Zika Lam Ibrahima Dia and Tallou Mouzourane Rouchs feature is a surreal tale of mythic proportions full of antic humor and poetic digressions But beyond the laughs and reveries MADAME LEAU is also a poignant commentary on the poisoned gifts brought to West Africa by development projects As Faye Ginsburg once remarked this is a film about what the world would look like if Jean Rouch was the president of the World Bank Anthology Film Archives
