Faat Kiné

Faat Kiné
Movie poster
Directed byOusmane Sembène
Written byOusmane Sembène
Produced byWongue Mbengue
StarringVenus Seye
Mame Ndoumbé
Ndiagne Dia
Mariama Balde
Awa Sene Sarr
Tabata Ndiaye
CinematographyDominique Gentil
Edited byKahéna Attia
Music byYandé Codou Sène
Distributed byNew Yorker Films (US)
Release date
  • 2000 (2000) (Senegal)
Running time
117 minutes
CountrySenegal
LanguagesFrench
Wolof

Faat Kiné is a 2000 Senegalese film written and directed by Ousmane Sembène, set in present-day Dakar, Senegal. It provides a critical look at modern, post-colonial Senegal and the place of women in that society. It gives a clear glimpse into life of the Senegalaise middle-class and presents present-day Dakar in all of its contradictions of poverty and wealth, tradition and modernity.