Ouaga Girls

Ouaga Girls

2017
1h 22m
6.2

6.2/10

6 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girl school to become auto mechanics. The classmates become their port of safety, joy and sisterhood, all while they are going through the life changing transition into becoming adults in a country boiling with political changes. In a country with youth unemployment at 52 percent, jobs are a hot issue. The young girls at a mechanics school in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou are right in the middle of a crucial point in life when their dreams, hopes and courage are confronted with opinions, fears and society’s expectations of what a woman should be. Using interesting narrative solutions, Theresa Traore Dahlberg depicts their last school years and at the same time succeeds in showing the country’s violent past and present. This is a feature-film debut and coming-of-age film with much warmth, laughs, heartbreak and depth.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Momento Film
Production Countries
Burkina Faso Qatar Netherlands Finland France Sweden South Africa
Spoken Languages
French

Quick Facts

Release Date August 25, 2017
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt6107396

Cast

Chantal Niessougou
Chantal Niessougou

Self

Bintou Konaté
Bintou Konaté

Self

Mouniratou Sédogo
Mouniratou Sédogo

Self

Marthe Ouedraogo
Marthe Ouedraogo

Self

Rose Kientega
Rose Kientega

Self

Dina Tapsoba
Dina Tapsoba

Self

Key Crew

Theresa Traoré Dahlberg
Director
David Herdies
Producer