1989 · comedy · polygamy · village
Bal Poussière
Directed by Henri Duparc1h 31m1989
The chief of an African village, who is called 'Demi Dieu' because after God he is the owner of all the things, already has five wives. But as this is not enough he decides to find himself a sixth wife so that he has one for every day of the week except on Sunday when he uses to relax.
Our read: Bal Poussière (1989) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · polygamy · village entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / polygamy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- intimate
- funny
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