• Director(s)

    Ousmane Sembène

  • Production Year

    1971

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, War

  • Approx. running minutes

    101m

  • Cast

    Andongo Diabon, Robert Fontaine, Michel Renaudeau

Film

Emitaï

moderate threat, violence, scenes of animal killing

EMITAI is a French-Senegalese drama set in Senegal during World War II, and in which conflict arises between French soldiers and a village after soldiers attempt to take the village's food provisions to feed their troops.…

EMITAI is a French-Senegalese drama set in Senegal during World War II, and in which conflict arises between French soldiers and a village after soldiers attempt to take the village's food provisions to feed their troops.

violence
Soldiers open fire on the villagers, resulting in the death of an adult character and a child. However, there is limited detail. In one scene, it is implied that the villagers are massacred; however, no deaths are shown.
threat and horror
There is pervasive and often prolonged threat in scenes in which rifles are pointed at entrapped villagers, and in scenes in which soldiers are also ordered to fire at will if any people try to leave. A senior officer threatens to imprison the women from the village and raze it to the ground if the villagers do not hand over their rice to the French army. There are also scenes in which villagers are forced by French soldiers to remain outside their homes under blazing sunshine.
disturbing images
There are brief scenes of animal killing, and in one scene blood is subsequently sprinkled on the ground in ritualistic fashion, However, both scenes are quick, clean kills.
additional issues
A French soldier describes the villagers as 'savages' in a scene in which he is told that they entrust their fate to their gods. However, the actions of the French soldiers in the village are generally negatively presented as harsh and unfeeling; so, accordingly, this is not a view which is either endorsed or condoned by the work as a whole. In one scene, the soldiers mention in passing that the villagers would rather take their own lives rather than surrender their rice to the soldiers. Mild bad language ('merde') occurs, as well as milder terms ('damn', 'hell'). There are also scenes in which people grieve over dead bodies.

  • Director(s)

    Ousmane Sembène

  • Production Year

    1971

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, War

  • Approx. running minutes

    101m

  • Cast

    Andongo Diabon, Robert Fontaine, Michel Renaudeau

moderate threat, violence, scenes of animal killing
Classified Date:
03/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
Soldiers open fire on the villagers, resulting in the death of an adult character and a child. However, there is limited detail. In one scene, it is implied that the villagers are massacred; however, no deaths are shown.
threat and horror
There is pervasive and often prolonged threat in scenes in which rifles are pointed at entrapped villagers, and in scenes in which soldiers are also ordered to fire at will if any people try to leave. A senior officer threatens to imprison the women from the village and raze it to the ground if the villagers do not hand over their rice to the French army. There are also scenes in which villagers are forced by French soldiers to remain outside their homes under blazing sunshine.
disturbing images
There are brief scenes of animal killing, and in one scene blood is subsequently sprinkled on the ground in ritualistic fashion, However, both scenes are quick, clean kills.
additional issues
A French soldier describes the villagers as 'savages' in a scene in which he is told that they entrust their fate to their gods. However, the actions of the French soldiers in the village are generally negatively presented as harsh and unfeeling; so, accordingly, this is not a view which is either endorsed or condoned by the work as a whole. In one scene, the soldiers mention in passing that the villagers would rather take their own lives rather than surrender their rice to the soldiers. Mild bad language ('merde') occurs, as well as milder terms ('damn', 'hell'). There are also scenes in which people grieve over dead bodies.

  • Classified date

    03/06/2024

  • Language

    French