The story of a woman who succeeded to be healed from fistula, a decease that tends to make its victims to live in seclusion.

Habiba, a fourteen-year-old student with a bright future, is removed from school and force to marry an old man named Ambaliou. She endures a difficult pregnancy and an excruciating delivery. After which a terrible ordeal befalls upon her; she contracts obstetric fistula. Rejected by her family, Habiba takes refuge in the forest from which she is then taken away and sent to hospital. Ten years later, healed but living in seclusion, she finds the courage to tell her story, to give hope to the hundreds of women affected by this condition.

A film by Sèna Calmine AGBOFOUN

Benin, 2016, docu-fiction, short, 13 MIN, Original Version in Dendi with subs.

Country: Benin
Production Year: 2016
Runtime: 13 MIN

Directed by Sèna Calmine Agbofoun
Cinematography by Alain Nounagnon
Edited by Gael Ahoudji

Shooting places: Tanguiéta, Northern Benin

Print Source: calmine2010@live.fr


2017 | Ciné Club ISMA, du vendredi 16 Juin 2017
* Sélection
http://isma-benin.org/2016/?p=3667&

2017 | LAFF, Luxor, Egypt
* Competition - Shorts
* World Premiere / Première Mondiale
www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/fr/PastEditions/2017/Film/Short%20Films/Habiba