Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

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Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
International release poster
Directed by	Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Written by	Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Produced by	Florence Stern
Starring	Achouackh Abakar Souleymane Rihane Khalil Alio
Cinematography	Mathieu Giombini
Edited by	Marie-Hélène Dozo
Music by	Wasis Diop
Release date	8 July 2021 (2021-07-08) (Cannes)
Running time	87 minutes
Countries	France Chad Germany Belgium
Languages	French Chadian Arabic
Box office	$37,393^[1]

Lingui, The Sacred Bonds (French: Lingui, les liens sacrés)^[2] is a 2021 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun.^[3] In June 2021, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.^[4]^[5] It was selected as the Chadian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.^[6] It also won IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 52nd International Film Festival of India

Plot

On the outskirts of N'Djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her already fragile world collapses the day she discovers that her daughter is pregnant. The teenager does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost in advance.

Cast

Achouackh Abakar Souleymane as Amina
Rihane Khalil Alio as Maria
Youssouf Djaoro as Brahim

Release

Following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the film's distribution rights for the US, UK, Turkey, Latin America and Ireland were acquired by MUBI.^[7]

References

^ "Lingui (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^ "Cannes Competition Contender 'Lingui, The Sacred Bonds' Snapped Up by Mubi for North America, U.K. & More". Variety. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ "Lingui". Cineuropa. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Sean Penn, Wes Anderson, Ildikó Enyedi Join 2021 Cannes Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Cannes Film Festival 2021 Lineup: Sean Baker, Wes Anderson, and More Compete for Palme d'Or". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Oscars International Race 2021: Complete List of Entries". The Wrap. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ Welk, Brian (13 July 2021). "'Lingui, The Sacred Bonds' Acquired by MUBI Out of Cannes". TheWrap. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

External links

Lingui, The Sacred Bonds at IMDb

v t e UNESCO Gandhi Medal for Best Film on peace and inter-cultural dialogue
2015-present (Best Film)	Cinemawala (2015) Cold of Kalandar (2016) Kshitij A Horizon (2017) Walking With the Wind (2018) Rwanda (2019) 200 Meters (2020) Lingui, The Sacred Bonds (2021) Nargesi (2022) Drift (2023) Crossing (2024)
2015-present (Special Mention - Best Film)	72 Hoorain (2019)

v t e Films directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Bye Bye Africa (1999) Abouna (2002) Daratt (2006) Sex, Okra and Salted Butter (2008) A Screaming Man (2010) GriGris (2013) A Season in France (2017) Lingui, The Sacred Bonds (2021)

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