Lingui

Amina lives alone with her 15-year-old daughter Maria in a suburb of N'Djamena, Chad. When Maria becomes pregnant, Amina fears for her daughter's future. Maria does not want the child. In a country where abortion is against religion, but also against the law, Amina is confronted with a struggle that seems lost from the start... The film title LINGUI alludes to the traditional Chadian word of the same name, which can be translated as "bond" or "connection". According to director Haroun, "Lingui" is a term that means solidarity, mutual help and sympathy in people's lives together. "Beyond its lovely visuals, moving story and authentic performances, it is perhaps Lingui’s evocation of the banal routine of oppression, of the habits that perpetuate systemic misogyny, that is the film’s most powerful stroke." (Cine Vue)