Faro: Goddess of the Waters
Feb 15 2007
•2h 36m
•Drama
Faro is a real goddess of a real tribe (the Bamana) in the West African country of Mali. In a landlocked country like Mali, covered in part by the Sahara Desert, water is a resource that can never be taken for granted. The Bamana village in Faro: Goddess of the Waters not only sits on a riverbank, but also depends for much of its food on fish from the river. Faro is the dominant character in this film, the unseen force for which all action takes place. (c) Ferdy on Films [Marilyn Ferdinand]
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Zanga
Djénéba Koné
Penda
Michel Mpambara
Boura
Maimouna Hélène Diarra
Kouta
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