"Faces of Women": a masterpiece of African cinema restored

Left: film distributor Gaël Teicher;

right: journalist and critic Claire Diao.

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By: Sophie Torlotin Follow |

Elisabeth Lequeret Follow

Incandescent portrait of three Ivorian women, "Faces of Women", by Désiré Ecaré (1939-2009) is released in theaters in a restored version, 35 years after its Cannes screening.

Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985, this film then banned by the Ivorian censorship is today a classic.

We talk about it with its distributor Gaël Teicher and the critic and journalist Claire Diao. 

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