Synopsis
"Their land drought-stricken, 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 follow-up to JAGUAR, PETIT À PETIT, and COCORICO MONSIEUR POULET! – undertaken with his longtime filmmaking partners Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahima Dia, and Tallou Mouzourane – Rouch’s feature is a surreal tale of mythic proportions, full of antic humor and poetic digressions. But beyond the laughs and reveries, MADAME L’EAU 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
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Full credits
| Director | Jean Rouch |
| Screenplay | Jean Rouch |
| Editing | Françoise Belloux |
| Sound | Moussa Hamidou, François Didio |
Identifiers & sources
| IMDb | tt0107476 |
| TMDB | 393840 |
| CQ | 104633 |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
