Mahamat-Saleh Haroun presents his feminist film “Lingui” at the Cannes film festival
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Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun poses on the red carpet at the Cannes film festival, July 8, 2021. © REUTERS - Eric Gaillard
By: Sophie Torlotin Follow
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The 74th International Film Festival has been held in Cannes since Tuesday, July 6.
The Chadian film
Lingui,
by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun,
was screened in competition on Thursday
.
This is the third time that the filmmaker - who was once Idriss Déby's culture minister - climbed the steps of the Palais des Festivals.
He returns to the Croisette with a feminist film telling the story of a 15-year-old girl who wishes to have an abortion.
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