Unter uns Frauen
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Réalisé par Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Daniel Abate Tilahun • Écrit par Sarah Noa Bozenhardt
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Allemagne • 2021 • 92 minutes • Couleur
- Réalisation :
Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Daniel Abate Tilahun - Écriture :
Sarah Noa Bozenhardt - Image :
Bernarda Cornejo Pinto - Son :
Sarah Noa Bozenhardt - Montage :
Andrea Muñoz - Musique originale :
Anna-Marlene Bicking - Mixage :
Kai Tebbel - Étalonnage :
Ana Maria Ormaza - Sound design :
Alexandra Praet
- Production (personne) :
Sonja Kilbertus, Hiwot Admasu Getameh, Beza Hailu Lemma - Production (structure) :
Evolution Film - Ayant droit :
Evolution Film
- N° ISAN :
non renseigné
Résumé
Dans le village de Megendi, la profession de sage-femme est en train de changer. Avec elle, la question de l’autodétermination des femmes. Entre tradition et modernité, domination patriarcale et structure complexe du compagnonnage féminin, la jeune Huluager, ainsi que les sages-femmes Endal, Weläla et Sirkalem se débattent dans leur relation à elles-mêmes, aux autres et à tous ceux qui veulent décider pour elles.
"In rural Ethiopia the staff of a health centre are fighting maternal mortality. They tirelessly appeal to women to give birth in the clinic. But reservations are strong, and so are the practical obstacles. How are heavily pregnant women supposed to arrive in time when the ambulance comes hours later or not at all? Against medical advice, Hulu Ager decides to give birth at home, assisted by a traditional midwife.
With palpable familiarity, the film crew captures moments of intimate communion between Hulu Ager, the midwives and other women. On the margins of the central conflict, the many challenges they face in a patriarchal society emerge. The debates are most lively under the hood dryer at the hairdresser’s: She doesn’t enjoy sex because of her circumcision, the medical professional Welela reports. “Sometimes you have to prepare yourself for sex,” another customer advises. Sometimes it helps to get drunk. But the perky hairdresser is sure: Bad sex is grounds for divorce. The women share their desires and woes with each other, experience solidarity and gather courage for small and great acts of departure and resistance. Men are relegated to the role of extras, if at all."
(Sarina Lacaf - DOK Leipzig)
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Sélections et distinctions
- 2021 • DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film • Leipzig (Allemagne) • International Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film