This powerful social drama from director Fatou Cissé, daughter of legendary Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, explores the impact of forced marriage on young women in Mali. The film follows Tou, who is pressured to marry an older man after becoming pregnant, and Ami, who resists village pressure to wed in favor of her independence. Through these parallel stories, Furu examines the complex and often painful choices young women face when their futures are shaped by tradition rather than personal agency. The film confronts the enduring practice of forced marriage and its psychological consequences, offering a poignant and urgent reflection on gender, autonomy, and resistance within a patriarchal society.
Fatou Cissé attended the University of Caen to study psychology. She returned to cinema to help her father (the great Souleymane Cisse) to manage UCECAO (Union of Creators and Entrepreneurs of Cinema and Audiovisual in West Africa). She is also production director of Films Cissé and co-manager. Seeing the difficulties that her father has been going through since his beginnings until today, she directed A DAUGHTER'S TRIBUTE TO HER FATHER: SOULEYMANE CISSE (2022), a documentary retracing the life of Souleymane, which was screened at Cannes Film Festival.
FATOU CISSÉ
