• Director(s)

    Ramata-Toulaye Sy

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    15/03/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    87m

  • Cast

    Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy

Film

Banel & Adama

moderate bloody images

A defiant young couple faces the judgement of their village when it is hit by a devastating drought in this slow burning, lyrical Senegalese romantic drama, which features scenes of bloody butchery and animal killing …

A defiant young couple faces the judgement of their village when it is hit by a devastating drought in this slow burning, lyrical Senegalese romantic drama, which features scenes of bloody butchery and animal killing

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

sex

discrimination

injury detail

disturbing images

theme

language

  • Director(s)

    Ramata-Toulaye Sy

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    15/03/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    87m

  • Cast

    Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy

moderate bloody images
Classified Date:
09/02/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
We Are Parable
violence
Characters occasionally slap one another and a woman lightly strikes a man using a slingshot.
threat and horror
Characters appear to be consumed by a sandstorm and villagers face extreme thirst and ill-health during a scorching drought.
sex
There are occasional sex references, including a conversation in which a woman implies a younger character her romantic relationship will eventually become a mechanically sexual one, due to the pressures of life and sexist attitudes toward women in the village.
discrimination
A woman is superstitiously blamed for natural misfortunes which have befallen her village, such as drought, due to the disapproval that exists around her marriage; she and her husband are both criticised for defying social expectations. There are repeated references to sexist attitudes she strives to overcome.
injury detail
The body of a dead cow is hacked and sliced for meat by several people; we do not see any close up detail of this, but large amounts of blood spill from the carcass in a sustained camera shot. A woman cuts her finger as she peels vegetables, resulting in brief sight of blood.
disturbing images
A woman uses a slingshot to kill a bird; there is brief sight of the impact and then of bird's body on the ground. She later kills a lizard in the same way. There is sight of a number of dead cows who have either succumbed to the heat during a drought or have been killed off-screen by villagers.
theme
Characters grieve for lost loved ones and there are verbal references to death.
Classified Date:
24/01/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
We Are Parable

  • Classified date

    09/02/2024

  • Language

    English